A Work in Progress

I am one of the lucky people who usually remembers her dreams. Not all, but some – enough to keep me thinking. Very seldom do I have a nightmare, so I am lucky in that sense, too.

A lifelong theme of my dreams has been houses, buildings and rooms in houses. This has been going on since I have been an adult and certainly has nothing to do with the fact that I am a Realtor and very involved in houses of all sorts. I think it is coincidental that I sell houses for a living, but then again, who knows how we really end up on our own life path. It is a mystery. So much of what we do and where we are is a combination of luck, serendipity and purposeful determination.

In my dreams, I discover hidden rooms in houses I have long occupied and think I know inside out. Or, I stumble upon a house half constructed in the woods and it belongs to me! Whatever the particular theme, the feeling I have is one of awe, exhilaration and wonder. Also, the thrill of having additional living space and new rooms to decorate. I also discover antiques and artwork long forgotten but now mine! It is always good and exciting.


Obviously, I am looking for the undiscovered parts of my self. It keeps hitting me over the head, literally, in my dreams while I sleep. It is too easy to get in a comfort zone and discard the need to discover new things.

So, going forward, in this time of New Year’s Resolutions, I promise to seek out and discover these parts of myself I have yet to know. Who knows what I will find out about myself?