“People at war with themselves will always cause collateral damage in the lives of those around them.”
― John Mark Green
Tag: Subconscious
You Don’t Know What Someone Else Thinks Unless They Tell You
I’m convinced that a significant amount of the stress in my life comes from assuming I know what other people are thinking. Case in point: after being away on vacation, my yard was a mess this week. The grass was overgrown and there were weeds everywhere. It finally got mowed Saturday afternoon, but every time I saw it this week, I felt anxious and guilty. I feel this way every time the yard becomes overgrown, and it has nothing to do with the grass. If I lived on some remote parcel of land far from any other houses, I wouldn’t give it a second thought. I care because I don’t want my neighbors to think poorly of me. I assume that they are judging me every time they drive by my house or look out their windows.
“When I’m in the Middle of a Dream, Stay in Bed, Float Upstream…”
I had planned a different post for today, but I awoke this morning in the middle of a dream and decided to write about dreams instead. I’ve always been fascinated by dreams. I view them as windows into my subconscious. They often reveal anxieties of which I hadn’t been consciously aware. I experience and remember dreams often, probably a few times a week. After I wake, I lie in bed for a few moments and think through the details of my dream, attempting to understand it and tie it to my waking life.