Saturday, May 26, 2007

The Olympians: Following their dream!

Humans dream.

We sleep for one third (if we’re lucky!) of our lives, and some of that time we spend dreaming.

What is a dream anyway?

Our dreams are difficult to characterize. Nothing concrete about them. We can only compare each other’s descriptions, as there is no “evidence” of dreaming except our own testimony.

Personally, I think dreams are but a “shadow” or an “artifact” of what is really happening, chemical processes that are required for brain and body maintenance.

Memories of dreams, even ones we awaken from and relate in great detail, are ephemeral at best, and ought not be relied upon to make life changing decisions.

However, when your spouse let’s you know that long dead grandma spoke in a dream last night, what do you do with that information?