What if everything was just a dream? Yesterday's past, today's present and even tomorrow's future? What if this was all a movie, and we are just an imaginary characters made up to play a role? Have you ever thought of that?
I know I have. Through the good times and even the bad times, I have always thought to myself, "What if everything was just a dream, and when I wake up, will I still be here?".
John was down on his luck, his car payment was due, and his house is on the break of foreclosure. He put all his hope on his last ten-dollar bill, and decided to buy a lottery ticket. "If he does win then that would put 117 million dollars in his bank account. But if he does lose, what differences would that make.", John thought.
A week has pass by and John has now lost his job. His wife has left him, leaving their thirteen children unattended. He is now on the verge of losing it, when all of a sudden his twelve months old son knock over the remote control and the news channel flash on.
Today is the day that the lucky lottery number will be announce. The news lady cheerfully announce the 6 digit number that will soon change its owner's life forever. John can't help but wish that it was he who hold that lucky ticket. The number then flash on the screen and John looks down on his ticket and tears started dripping down the floor.
He can't believed this happen. "Am I dreaming right now", John thought.
The fact is that, John did not win the lottery. He just can't pull himself to believed that his last ounce of hope also expire on him.
(Five minutes later the lottery winner was announce. For the first time in his life that he played, Bill Gates won the lottery.)
And yes, this was all a dream. John was just a small picture in my imagination, that became a story though writing this blog.
So now the question is, Are we also in a story? A dream?.........May be, maybe not.
Really cool post, DinDin! I feel as though everything feels to real to be a dream. And if it all were a dream, what would that say about each individual person? If this all were a dream, then we must all have very elaborate, yet practical minds. To be able to dream all these things that happen around us up seems impossible. One thing about dreams, in general, is that they have certain components that could never happen or that don't make sense. That's how I look anyways.
ReplyDeleteThis does raise an interesting question of what is and is not reality. I have certainly contimplated the thought that my life could all just be a dream. These dream thoughts relate to Odysseus' belief that both good and bad things can be quickly taken from us, just like waking up from a dream.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy to think that everything we do and say may be apart of just one whole big dream! It kind of puts a lot of things into perspective and makes me wonder. I loved your little anecdote in It as well. Great point !!
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