“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can play together all night.” ~ Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
Sweet dreams
Some say our dreams are a result of our subconscious working out issues in our lives.
I’ve had dreams like that.
Like when I was a child, painfully shy and picked on by my peers.
I dreamt I saved the neighbourhood from a dragon by tying it up with my skipping rope.
And even now when issues challenge me, sometimes they are personified in dreams with people who have traits that relate to my struggles.
Others say dreams allow us to spend time with those who have passed away, or those we haven’t seen in a long time.
I’ve had dreams like that as well.
Like the time I was doubting myself and a good friend showed up in my dream and told me she believed in me, encouraged me to press on and be brave.
Those are my favourite dreams of all. ❤
~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~
Do you remember your dreams? Do you have a favourite all-time dream?
talktodiana 
I do remember my father coming to me in a dream about six months after he had died. From that point I started to remember the happiness of having been in his life, rather the sadness of his death.
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Oh Elizabeth, that’s awesome! ❤
Diana xo
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I love the quote as well as Calvin and Hobbes, Diana!
I always wish I could remember something about my dreams, alas they’re extremely faint by the time I’m finished waking up and begin processing it. I’m that person who talks about dreams awfully like “You were in my dream, and then, something happened…what was it??? You were there, but you weren’t you and I wasn’t really me but I was watching the scene out of body …and maybe something scary happened…not sure…and it’s completely gone and I have no idea now!”
Just pointless – I do wish I could be one of those people that vividly remembers their dreams but it’s just not in the cards it seems! I’d especially like to be saving the neighborhood from a giant dragon, that seems very exciting!! 😀
~ Andrea ❤
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Andrea, you can’t wait. You have to write it down immediately or at least re-tell it to yourself out loud immediately when you wake up!
Diana xo
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I tell it to myself right away but what I have in quotation marks is all I can come up with…it’s like it’s in my mind and completely not at the same time!! 😀 Frustrating!!
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like that state between awake and not awake… 🙂
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Exactly ~ ❤
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I forget a lot of my dreams. The best dream was oddly prophetic but I didn’t know until I experienced part of it for real:
My first trip to Europe was in Greece for 3 wks. over 25 yrs. ago. Included Athens and some Greek islands with 2 Greek-Canadians.
We were in Piraeus, the suburb of Athens walking around. Where some of the wealthy Arabs lived. Suddenly we turned a corner on the street while walking and suddenly realized why it looked so familiar: I had dreamt.
🙂
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wow! I’ve had prophetic dreams as well. I find them comforting Jean. ❤
Diana xo
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I dreamt I was sleeping dreamlessly!
Ever wake up from a dream, get up and do stuff, and then realize you’re still dreaming?
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YES!! When I was younger and it usually was a nightmare. ;(
Diana xo
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I think dreams are so fascinating Diana. I mean, don’t you see pets dream too? I think there is really something large at work in our dreams. Working things out, foretelling, inspiring, or just amusing. So many times I wanted to write them down and make a book out of them. But then they are gone. xo
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Me too Andy! And even if we’re wrong, so what? If we’re encouraged, I say YAY!
Diana xo
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Dreams are strange things , Diana. Often they make no sense, but sometimes they’re a way for us to sort things out subconsciously or unconsciously. If something’s troubling us enough that we dream about it, I think it’s a sign we’d better deal with it when we’re awake.
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I agree Jim – and sometimes they even help us figure out how to deal with issues. Thanks for weighing in. 🙂
Diana xo
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I have such long periods between dreams – or at least never remember dreaming. Last night I did! And then saw your post which reminded me 🙂 I don’t think it was significant but I’ve written it down ‘just in cases’ 😉
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I write my dreams down too, when I remember them!
Diana xo
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Lately all my dreams are like thrillers – exhausting!
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Oh exhausting isn’t good, hope you have some laid back ones soon!
Diana xo
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I remember some dreams not long after I have woken up but they don’t hang around mostly I don’t remember them but that is ok because often I dream about shopping and driving people around or as it gets closer to Christmas I will dream about forgetting Christmas those dreams I had a lot when my girls were little they felt more like nightmares then dreams as Christmas is so important to me as you know
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Yes, I can tell Christmas is important to you! Thanks for sharing your dreams with me Jo-Anne. ❤
Diana xo
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I love this post Diana! Thankyou.
Our dreams are a gift. Yours are beautiful and you should hold them close to your heart. My dreams have always guided me in life, but of course my favourite dreams are when my son visits me and I awake feeling like we have been together once again and this is so precious!
Karen
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Yes, I can well imagine it would be Karen. Thank you for sharing that with me. ❤
Diana xo
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This is beautiful comment about a beautiful dream. Take care, Karen.
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Diana, I love the sentiment of the quote. My favorite dreams are when my sweet husband and precious Alex come to spend time with me. In one dream, Alex promised to remain on my left shoulder until our book was written. I choose to keep that one in my heart.
Patty
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Wow, Patty – that’s beautiful!
Diana xo
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I’ll look forward to the day when long gone friends and family visit my dreams just to visit, and not haunt. Sounds peaceful and sweet.
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Oh Denise, it hurts my heart to think you are haunted by the past. I look forward to peace for you, along with you. ❤ Two threads are stronger than one…
Diana xo
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Diana I use to be known as the dream queen until children came along and I still now have interrupted sleep patterns. So I day dream instead. I also love those dreams when my lost loved ones visit me, that is so rare I cherish those ones too.
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Day Dreams are good too Kath!
Here’s hoping you get more visits from loved ones in your dreams. ❤
Diana xo
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Dreams are fascinating Diana. I do believe they allow our subconscious to process things that happen when we are awake. Sometimes they bring things to our attention. I love the ones you shared – showing you how courageous you truly are 🙂
Val x
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Thanks Val! ❤
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Recently, when I was in the hospital and very I’ll, a friend I don’t often see appeared in my addled dream and just sat with me and was a comfort!
I love your quotation you picked for this blog! Such fun!
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I love that you were visited by your friend in your dream Jan! It was actually the quote that inspired the post. I came across it on twitter or something and it stood out to me!
I hope you’re on the mend Janet. I was speaking with Kathleen on Friday and the subject of you came up. Were your ears burning?
Diana xo
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I used to have night terrors – where I would wake up, the room would be absolutely dark and I was unable to move and evil was in the room
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Bill, I’ve had one or two of those.
Ahh to share a non-seafood/fish meal and a root beer with you and Jan and chat about these experiences….
Diana xo
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I never dreamed I got abducted by aliens, but I used to dream that I was out of my body – it was so certain that it still astounds me, though I haven’t had one of those dreams in decades.
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Don’t often remember what I dreamt….
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They say you have to wake up during the dream to remember it bulldog, perhaps you just keep on sleeping? 🙂
Diana xo
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Or I don’t dream anything worth remembering. …
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I doubt that my friend!
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I love waking up from a dream and realizing I’d spent time with Mom and/or Dad. No big mystery there. I simply miss them a lot.
Jennifer ❤
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I love that they visit you in your dreams Jennifer – I know how much you love and miss them! ❤
Diana xo
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I think dreams can be signs of dissonance in our life. Particularly those repeaters another reader mentioned. I have one going on now – I find myself hanging onto something I sturdy very high off the ground with the only way out a risky move. I’m sure it is my subconscious telling me I need to leave my job and focus on my budding business!
I won’t tell you about the other one – bad imagery!😊
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whoa what a powerful dream Ian!
It reminds me of that quote that goes something like you can’t take a big leap in two small jumps.
I’m excited for you Ian, the hairs on my arm stood up at the mention of your dream!
Diana xo
p.s. I’m very curious about your other dream!
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It is a lot like your going to school with no pants on dream (x100). It stopped when i learned to embrace vulnerability.
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Oh haha! Interesting, especially since I look at you as one of vulnerability’s advocates – now I know the history behind it!
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You save the day Diana…… great dreams !
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haha. Yes Ute, I lured it away from others, to my house where I tied it up with a skipping rope and poured boiling water from the kettle on it! haha
Diana xo
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Well done, you are a hero!
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I do not remember my dreams much lately Diana. I wonder what that means? I used to dream about it being the end of the semester in college, final test day, and I hadn’t gone to class once. I hated that one, and it was a repeater.
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Yikes that would be a scary one, I had the proverbial ‘show up at school with no pants on’ one a lot!
Diana xo
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Scarier than mine, even, Diana!
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Yes, especially when you don’t notice you’re not wearing pants until the middle of the school day or something! Ha!
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And your friends just stare without telling you why!
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Hell Diana that dream of yours about the dragon and the skipping rope really brought a smile to me and I’m really not being insensitive to what you said just before that. 🙂
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😀 thanks Don. It’s strange but I remember a handful of dreams I had as a child that really impacted me.
I don’t dream as much as I used to, or I don’t remember my dreams as much – they say you have to wake up during the dream cycle to remember the dream. I miss them. 🙂
Diana xo
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Best is to write them down as soon as possible. I do it if I feel it’s particularly significant.
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