Last night I had one of those bad dreams about working in a restaurant. When I tried to tell the other waitresses they were not sure I was telling them about a dream or just another hectic night on the floor.You would have to have been a waitress to understand. All waitresses have these unresolved issues that haunt us occasionally in our sleep, trying against all odds to serve a simple meal. I won't bore you with all the details of the dream, but suffice it to say I was working frantically behind the scenes to get the meal served in a timely manner with all the essential components missing.

Well, the point of the story is that while explaining the dream to my friends I recalled towards the end that no matter how hard I tried to get the meal together there was always another obstacle to completion. At this point I was starting to wake up and realized that this was a way out of the situation. Believe it or not I decided to stay asleep and pursue a resolution! Why would I feel obligated to stay asleep until the dream is finished rather than wake up? What was I waiting for with the opportunity to leave the struggle behind imminent? Must we finish the dream before we can wake up?



Text © 2004 Mona E. Dunn