Finding a Dream Journal

[ChopstickFox]

Because I will be moving, I have slowly been going through my compilation of notebooks and sketchbooks in order to throw away clutter. I stumbled across a dream journal from 10 years ago. Back from like high school, I guess. Early high school.

Looking back on things... It is striking what things are similar and what things are entirely different.

When I spoke with my guide, he was the exact same, though I did not understand nearly as much as I do now, haha! It's fun to read because I am so confused in the journal.

I knew I was insecure back then. And I can see how that reflected into my dreams. I see how I am a very different person than I was back then. It is now plain as day the symbolism presented and the lessons that were put in place for me to learn. And that I have learned.

There are epic dreams spanning dozens of pages similar to these "trial" like dreams I have been recently learning about. Just like now there are ones I have passed, once I have failed. But all that I have learned from. It's quite humbling...

I just thought I'd share... Dream journals aren't just great for the present.

[Dreamshards]

I have a tub of dream journals I've been lugging around with me for years. I think the earliest ones are probably start of 7th grade, I was 11 of 12. I don't like to read them too often because I was clinically depressed back then and cringe at how negative I was! It is good to see how far we have come though, and what lessons we have learned. I also have found trends in my dreams to the things I was going through at the time, or even before they happened. I am proud to say that I am not so much the victim of my dreams now then I was when I was younger. Even If I have a nightmare I handle it much better during the dream and stay calm.

[ChopstickFox]

A few similarities here... Some of the things I have stumbled across were startling the emotions I was having. And apparently I really did not enjoy a particular analysis of functions class either. Part of me said "Oh, I was just over-reacting"... but thinking back... Well, you really can't get much more authentic of an idea about how someone is feeling than by reading a journal. I think I just flat out threw away my old poetry for that exact reason... meh...