music, books, love and kindness

After I woke up from a particularly intense nightmare this morning (it felt so real and was so vivid that it took me a few seconds upon waking to understand it was just a dream) I shuffled into my living room to look up a few things.

First I found this about reality and dreams:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-lanza/are-dreams-an-extension-o_b_699075.html

Then (because I had so much trouble coming out of the nightmare) I went searching for "how to wake from a bad dream" and read this:

http://www.wikihow.com/Wake-Up-from-Your-Dream

I remember thinking (when I thought the dream was my actual life) that I would do anything to take away what happened if only I could change the outcome.

The only good thing that comes from a bad dream is that it just makes me much more determined to start the day better than I did yesterday. We can't take back time, but we can reboot and try to get a better attitude.

So I like someone who doesn't feel the same? That doesn't take away from the fact she's a neat person who brightens the day.

So I struggle (especially lately) with my relationship with my parents? I have to act, not react, with them and just hope it gets better.

So I sometimes buy into society's ideas that your self-worth is tied up with whether you have a family of your own or not? There is a huge difference between being alone and being lonely. And I am grateful for the friends I do have and the books and music that makes me feel so much better. Not everyone needs couplehood to thrive in this world.