LOVE WORKS DAILY 06/15/07 - HAVING A BAD DREAM

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LOVE WORKS DAILY 06/15/07 - HAVING A BAD DREAM
 

Happy June To You!  Wishing you best of blessings
in this first month of summer! 
 
 
INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT:
(Great Thoughts By History's Inspired Thinking Men and Women)
 
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
 
-Confucius
 
TIM's BLOG
(Random Thoughts and Tim's Daily World):
 
This was a truly sad and happy moment for me.  The wonder of being
a small child.  It made me cry as well.  I hope you enjoy.
 
 
 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
(Brand New and Classic Love Works Essays 2001-2007)
 
My youngest son woke up crying this morning.  I had woke up
to put the hot water on the stove to heat for the morning baths,
and when I came back to bed, he was in tears.
 
"What's the matter?", I inquired.
 
"Bad dream. (sob)  I had a bad dream..."  He said, tears
rolling down his face.
 
"OK, OK...just a dream...everything's fine."
 
"OK" he said, still crying.
 
This must have been a terrible dream.
I know about terrible dreams.
The kind where you are chased by a bad guy all night long.
Or you are hanging from the edge of a cliff.
 
I've woke up in sweats after having a dream that I thought I
had lost my wife and kids in an accident.
 
Fires.
Explosions.
Wars.
Wandering endlessly in the desert.
Going to jail.
Being endlessly lost.
Being buried alive.
Being trapped.
Being naked
Being shot at.
Being shot.
Aliens.
Monsters.
Financial ruin.
Public humiliation.
Scandal.
Being tortured.
Being confused and disoriented.
Watching others die.
Having heart attacks or other painful episodes.
Car crashes.
Having others commit suicide because of you.
 
You name it.
 
If you can think of bad dreams.  At one time or another.
I've had them.
 
Now, I don't have bad dreams all the time.
 
But when I have them,  they are usually pretty bad. 
Pretty memorable.
 
So I sat with my crying son, at the edge of his bed, and
asked....
 
"Do you remember your dream?"
 
"YES"
 
"What was it?
 
"It was a birthday party.....(He cries loudly!)
 
Oh no...
 
It was bad....a bad monster....a bad guy with a gun....
he saw his friends get killed,  or maybe even his mom
and dad or siblings....This is terrible.
 
I cannot imagine a scene worse than something happening bad
at a birthday party.  Especially for a young boy. 
Birthday parties are such happy and fun times,  and
to have some scary,  horrible,  frightening thing happen
at a birthday party,  that must have been so hard to deal with....
 
So I just had to know.
 
I had to comfort him.
 
I had to let him know it was just a dream, and we were all
OK..and we loved him so much.
 
I felt so bad for him.  What could it have been?
 
"What happened at the Birthday party?", I asked,  fearing
to hear what he would say, "It's OK, we're here now, it was just
a dream you can tell me...What happened?"
 
He cried some more...not wanting to tell me.
 
"Please tell Dad about you dream...Were you scared?"
 
No...
 
"Were you hurt?"
 
No....
 
"Were you sad?"
 
Yes.....(he still sobs but less because I now had put into
words what he was feeling)
 
"You were really,  really sad?
 
Yes....
 
Oh no...I don't want to hear it....but I ask it anyway...
 
"Why?  Why were you sad at the Birthday Party?"
 
He pauses, and then in a quiet voice before he starts crying again
he says....
 
"Because...it was over!..
 
...We had to go home....
 
I didn't want to go home....
 
It was a really bad dream!"
 

Love In Thought! Love In Word! Love In Action!
 
Love To You Today!
 
 
 
"May we endeavor today to increase our understanding and appreciation of
what others have given and contributed to us. And develop constant,
mindful consideration of how our thoughts and actions will BENEFICIALLY
CONTRIBUTE to others"
 
The best to you today in discovering the answers to life's difficult
questions!
 
 
 
A Final Thought:
 
Love is always the right thing to do. Even if it isn't the easiest
thing to do.
 
May we have compassion for the struggles of others, wisdom to
acknowledge our own, and courage to address them both every day.
 
Respectfully,
Tim
 

This is a daily newsletter of LOVE WORKS DAILY:
A collective of individuals of different beliefs and
backgrounds, dedicated to a better world by living LOVE in thought,
word and action. Compassion. Wisdom. Courage.
 
 

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Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Peace be with you.
 
From LOVE WORKS DAILY 11/03/05
(c)2007 T.Thomas Henry
 
 
 
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