Dream of the Week: If This Were a Dream

I'm walking down a long hallway that seems like a high school, filled with lockers. A colleague is with me, and it looks as though we're on our way to somewhere specific. It starts raining inside the building, but the rain has unusual qualities. It's very thin and almost white translucent. I stop Liz and tell her how unique this situation is. We both reflect on the strange rain but seem to conclude that the water is coming from the fire sprinkler system.

Since we've been talking about dreams so much lately, I explain to her that that now is a really great time to do a reality check. I bring her close to the wall, and in a teaching mode, I say, "If this were a dream, I could put my hand through this wall."

I demonstrate by pushing my hand against the wall and continue, "but of course, we know this is the real world, so my hand won't go through." And it doesn't. 🤦‍♀️

I tell her that another reality check we might do is to look at our hands, and we do so together. She asks me what would happen to our hands if this were a dream. I tell her that it often doesn't work, but sometimes hands and fingers will appear longer, or they'll be distorted in strange ways. We look at our hands together, and they remain the same, as we expect - so sure of our reality.

We then run out of the building, escaping from the indoor rain / "sprinkler." Once outside, my colleague says that she wants to bring in a guest speaker to talk about dreams. I wonder why she wouldn't think to have me as the speaker. Because she first thinks of someone else, I feel doubt and question if I'm ready for that kind of thing yet. The dream fades.

Note: I was so convinced this was real! What are your experiences with near-misses?

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