Nabanggit ko na to kay Southdude kasi nagkita kame sa Fitness First Southmall nuong nakaraang linggo tungkol sa panaginip ko.
Parati kong napapaniginipan ang mga eroplanong sumasabog ng unti unti o kaya naman magcacrash sa kabatuhan. Recurring dream sya, pero ang nakakalungkot, ako lang ang parating walang kaibigan sa loob ng eroplano para magbigay ng paalam o kaya walang gustong magbigay ng celfone ng mga pasahero para tawagan ko one last time ang pamilya ko.
Kalmado pa nga ako ng nagsisimula ng mag "nosedive" ang mga eroplanong sinasakyan ko.
Pero sa sobrang dalas ng panaginip na to, natatakot na akong matulog.
Trauma, vulnerability and anger as an aphrodisiac
4 months ago
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hindi ko pa na experience ang recurring na panaginip. siguro pwede mong ikonsulta sa mga experto.
Spring had passed. So had Summer. Freddie, the leaf, had grown large. His mid section was wide and strong, and his five extensions were firm and pointed. He had first appeared in Spring as a small sprout on a rather large branch near the top of a tall tree.
Freddie was surrounded by hundreds of other leaves just like himself, or so it seemed. Soon he discovered that no two leaves were alike, even though they were on the same tree. Alfred was the leaf next to him, Ben was the leaf on his right side, and Clare was the lovely leaf overhead. They had all grown up together. They had learned to dance in the Spring breezes, bask lazily in the Summer sun and wash off in the cooling rains.
But it was Daniel who was Freddie's best friend. He was the largest leaf on the limb and seemed to have been there before anyone else. It appeared to Freddie that Daniel was also the wisest among them. It was Daniel who told them that they were part of a tree. It was Daniel who explained that they were growing in a public park. It was Daniel who told them that the tree had strong roots which were hidden in the ground below. He explained about the birds who came to sit on their branch and sing morning songs. He explained about the sun, the moon, the stars, and the seasons.
Freddie loved being a leaf. He loved his branch, his light leafy friends, his place high in the sky, the wind that jostled him about, the sun rays that warmed him, the moon that covered him with soft, white shadows. Summer had been especially nice. The long hot days felt good and the warm nights were peaceful and dreamy. There were many people in the park that Summer. They often came and sat under Freddie's tree. Daniel told him that giving shade was part of his purpose.
"What's a purpose?" Freddie had asked. "A reason for being," Daniel had answered. "To make things more pleasant for others is a reason for being. To make shade for old people who come to escape the heat of their homes is a reason for being. To provide a cool place for children to come and play. To fan with our leaves the picnickers who come to eat on checkered tablecloths. These are all the reasons for being."
Freddie especially liked the old people. They sat so quietly on the cool grass and hardly ever moved. They talked in whispers of times past. The children were fun, too, even though they sometimes tore holes in the bark of the tree or carved their names into it. Still, it was fun to watch them move so fast and to laugh so much.
But Freddie's Summer soon passed. It vanished on an October night. He had never felt so cold. All the leaves shivered with the cold. They were coated with a thin layer of white which quickly melted and left them dew drenched and sparkling in the morning sun. Again, it was Daniel who explained that they had experienced their first frost, the sign that it was Fall and that Winter would come soon.
Almost at once, the whole tree, in fact, the whole park was transformed into a blaze of color. There was hardly a green leaf left. Alfred had turned a deep yellow. Ben had become a bright orange. Clare had become a blazing red, Daniel a deep purple and Freddie was red and gold and blue. How beautiful they all looked. Freddie and his friends had made their tree a rainbow.
Why did we turn different colors," Freddie asked, "when we are on the same tree?" "Each of us is different. We have had different experiences. We have faced the sun differently. We have cast shade differently. Why should we not have different colors?" Daniel said matter-of-factly. Daniel told Freddie that this wonderful season was called Fall.
One day a strange thing happened. The same breezes that, in the past, had made them dance began to push and pull at their stems, almost as if they were angry. This caused some of the leaves to be torn from their branches and swept up in the wind, tossed about and dropped softly to the ground. All the leaves became frightened.
"What's happening?" they asked each other in whispers. "It's what happens in Fall," Daniel told them. "It's the time for leaves to change their home. Some people call it to die."
"Will we all die?" Freddie asked. "Yes," Daniel answered. "Everything dies. No matter how big or small, how weak or strong. We first do our job. We experience the sun and the moon, the wind and the rain. We learn to dance and to laugh. Then we die."
"I won't die!" said Freddie with determination. "Will you, Daniel?" "Yes," answered Daniel, "when it's my time." "When is that?" asked Freddie. "No one knows for sure," Daniel responded.
Freddie noticed that the other leaves continued to fall. He thought, "It must be their time." He saw tht some of the leaves lashed back at the wind before they fell, other simply let go and dropped quietly. Soon the tree was almost bare. "I'm afraid to die," Freddie told Daniel. "I don't know what's down there." "We all fear what we don't know, Freddie. It's natural," Daniel reassured him. "Yet you were not afraid when Summer became Fall. They were natural changes. Why should you be afraid of the season of death?"
"Does the tree die, too?" Freddie asked.
"Someday. But there is something stronger than the tree. It is Life. That lasts forever and we are all a part of Life."
"Will we return in the Spring?"
"We may not, but Life will."
"Then what has been the reason for all of this?" Freddie continued to question. "Why were we here at all if we only have to fall and die?"
Daniel answered in his matter-of-fact way. "It's been about the sun and the moon. It's been about happy times together. It's been about the shade and the old people and the children. It's been about colors in Fall. It's been about seasons. Isn't that enough?" That afternoon, in the golden light of dusk, Daniel let go. He fell effortlessly. He seemed to smile peacefully as he fell. "Good-bye for now, Freddie," he said.
Then, Freddie was all alone, the only leaf on his branch. The first snow fell the following morning. It was soft, white and gentle; but it was bitter cold. There was hardly any sun that day, the day was very short. Freddie found himself losing his color, becoming brittle. It was constantly cold and the snow weighed heavily upon him.
At dawn the wind came that took Freddie from his branch. It didn't hurt at all. He felt himself float quietly, gently and softly downward. As he fell, he saw the whole tree for the first time. How strong and firm it was! He was sure that it would live for a long time and he knew that he had been part of its life and that made him proud.
Freddie landed on a clump of snow. It somehow felt soft and even warm. In this new position he was more comfortable than he had ever been. He closed his eyes and fell asleep. He did not know that Spring would follow Winter and that the snow would melt into water. He did not know that what appeared to be his useless dried self would join with the water and serve to make the tree stronger. Most of all, he did not know that there, asleep in the tree and the ground, were already plans for new leaves in the Spring.
( anyway, hope you like the story..and help you in a way.. in my opinion (feeling madam auring), the dream is about an imminent change, how imminent? well something an advice/protest from a friend or family cannot change..parang ganun dating sa akin.. since kalmado ka naman sa dream, regardless of the result/outcome, i think you'll get by.
(leo buscaglia wrote the story..)
@dong: ang ganda ganda ng mga litratong kinukuha nyo. nakakainggit kasi gusto ko ding matutong magpicture ng maganda. point and shot alng alam ko weh. hehe
@dave: kaw talaga! ang dami mong sinasabing mahahalaga pagdating sa mga post ko. nakakataba tuloy ng puso kasi may sense at thought ang sinusulat mo. salamat!
ngek... di mo kilala si julia campbell...kasi headline sya sa balita last year..haha..
thanks nate.. sa online lang ako yata matino pero sa personal..wala ata akong kwenta eh..
waaaaaaaaa sya pala si julia campbell. amp!! kakahiya Y_Y. ok buti naman alam ko na. hehe.
p.s kalmado talaga akong tao kahit sa mga aksidente. nature ata ng mga aries yun no? calm and confident kumbaga(naks!)
isip ka na lang ng happy thoughts...
Friend, kung natatakot ka matulog, sasamahan kita! =) Usually naman eh 5-6am na ko natutulog eh. ahihihi
Sa next na panaginip mo, andun ako, papahiramen kita ng iphone, swear. ahihihihi sa dream meron ako nun eh.
ika nga, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger!
its still a dream, don't let it get out of reality. mamaya ang ikakamatay mo pala ay kawalan ng tulog!
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