It Came to Me in a Dream

I was drifting off to sleep and going into a dream state when some disruption in my house woke me up and now... well now I am up wanting to go back to sleep...but...

I am thinking about the dream. I was in some session with a person that is in my life and we started off facing each other and taking turns about how we were feeling at that particular moment. The chairs we were sitting in were adjustable so that we could comfortably sit with proper posture and our feet flat on the ground. Since I am more than a foot shorter than this person, by being "adjusted" in such as seated position made me feel like I was in an "inferior" position, which is what I stated. The other person rolled his eyes and said something about me over analyzing things, to which I said something about him always jumping to the wrong conclusions, to which he said something about me not wanting to face my own issues, to which I said something rude, to which the counselor stopped the session and asked us each to write on a piece of paper why we took the time and energy to come to the session. We both wrote "why can't we just get along."

In the dream there was a second session which I think went better but I do not remember it as well.

So anyway, here I sit thinking about the dream and playing on Flickr to pass some time until I get tired again, and the answer to my life problems, not the dream problem, but life problems came to me. I have to stop fighting things so much.

In this dream my biggest frustration is that the person with me always misunderstands my intentions, always jumps to the wrong conclusions, and things tend to spiral down from there.

I realize that is not my problem. If I am doing the right things and get the proper actions and reactions as I am going down my intended path, I do not have to worry about what others think the future holds or the intentions behind my actions. I can focus my energy on staying on the path and when things begin to occur the right way, ideally those who did not understand what I was doing will slowly become enlightened. I do not need to waste so much energy fighting or being frustrated that some people "just don't get it."

With that said, I am trying to improve my own communication style and working on better understanding where others are coming from.

Or put another way, it's all about "Patience with the Process..."