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SM has such weird dreams sometimes! Just doesn’t make sense most of the time

That is the notation under SM’s Facebook status today.

We all have awoken in the middle of the night and said to ourselves “What was that all about?” in response to some strange dream that we just had. It might not even be considered a nightmare because scary probably isn’t correct, while weird is probably much closer to the truth.

Some of my more memorable ones involve being in numerous places wearing just my birthday suit and find myself trying to figure out why am I in this place. Another one that seems to be repeated is where I park my car in some mall parking lot or somewhere in the centre of a big city and walk around aimlessly looking for that stupid car. It isn’t too far from reality at times.

Of course, I get out of bed and look outside to see if the car is still there and, of course, it is just fine. I have only had the misfortune of having one car stolen in my life. I will never understand the thief’s thinking. The undercover policeman bought the 6-month old car for $250 from a drug pusher.

The dreams I feel are just how we handle the anxieties and frustrations that we create for ourselves. I like to think that it is how we keep our sanity. If you found yourself worrying about every possible thing that could go wrong you will eventually end up in the rubber room. If you try to figure them out like Tim Allen wrestling to understand the bigger questions you will only end up hurting yourself.

A copy of Tim’s book I’m Not Really Here sits on the floor in my favourite reading room opened at page 110 reminding me that I wanted to here Tim’s musings about stuff, much like the fence classes he had with Wilson Wilson Jr. in Home Improvement.

Instead he got into Quantum Physics and the bigger questions. He was attempting to resolve his dreams in the book, in my opinion. He said it best in the book “The chances of an answer – much less a coherent one – are about as slim as bumping into Mother Teresa at a Madonna concert.”

Do yourself a favour. Just roll over and go back to bed. It’s just your mind flushing the trash bin.SM might consider not eating that peanut butter sandwich or that tasty chocolate bar before going to bed. It’s very normal and you are going to have more of them in your long life.

Another thing not to do with dreams is assume that a good idea comes out of them and you should keep a notepad or voice recording device (no one uses a tape recorder anymore do they?) next to the bed. Have you ever tried to write in the dark and if you listen to the tape, you leave yourself wondering who was that talking and what is all that jibberish about plaid golf balls and motorized donkeys.

I still find that my best ideas seem to come ffrom a trigger in the real world like SM’s Facebook status that comes as a news feed on my homepage. SM accepted me as a friend and because her security setting is set to viewed by Friends, that information appears on all Friends news feed. It is harmless stuff, but it reminds us that some things should not be made available so freely like telephone numbers and addresses. Use personal messages to relay that information just like you would in a face-to-face encounter.

The best advice on how to handle dreams that don’t make a whole lot of sense might come form Mick Dundee.

No worries mate.