I dreamed about a woman who covered her eyes when there was something on TV that she did not want to see. When things got really ugly, her accommodating husband would place his hand on top of hers for an added layer of protection. Oh no! Am I the woman in the dream? Am I hiding from myself? Rats. I thought I was an open book.
My world of TV watching ended six months ago, leaving only The Live Reality Show as my sole form of entertainment. Yikes. It’s pretty scary out there in the world right now, and yes, the woman is me. I want hide away with as many layers of protection that I can get and trust that my friends will let me know when it’s safe to open my eyes again.
I must ask myself, “What is reality?” What is my reality? What is your reality? What is anybody’s reality, really? What is real? What is illusion, what is fake? Whoa—heady ‘don’t know’ questions, for sure.
What I do know is that my reality was built upon the thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and opinions that I was taught and held as gospel truth until I was old enough to figure out that maybe everything I learned was wrong.
In search of answers that made sense to me, I set upon a path of self-discovery and re-creation of myself and my personal reality. It has been a lifelong and soul satisfying experience, fraught with joy, despair, shift and change, trial and error, highs and lows, and challenging though it was—and sometimes still is—I wouldn’t change a minute of it for the world.
Do we all our build our own personal worlds with our thoughts, feelings, opinions, and beliefs? If, perchance, this might be the true gospel truth, perhaps it would behoove us to rethink what we think and consider whether a change of mind might be in order.
Oh geez. I guess this means that I have to take the blinders off. Really? Do I have to?
No, but if you want to build a better world, it might not be a bad idea.
Note: The photo above is courtesy of New Waves of Light, a website designed by anonymous individuals around the world who share the intention of bringing light and love to a world of darkness and chaos. (newwavesoflight.org or NWOL.us).