Do You Dream You Can Fly? What Does That Mean?

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When I was younger I often dreamt I could fly. In my dream I'd be able to fly just over the rooftops, swooping down on unsuspecting friends and neighbors. In my dream I was always the only one who could fly and I couldn't fly much higher than the housetops. This always amused me in my waking moments because I'm terrified of heights.

In my 30's I worked in a children's hospital with respiratory therapists -- the people who resusitate you if you stop breathing -- the people who maintain you on a ventilator if you can't breathe for yourself. On any day, we had up to 25 newborns on ventilators and their every breath depended on the respiratory therapists doing a good job running the machine.

One day in a meeting I asked everyone who dreamed they could fly to raise their hands.  Of 15 people, 13 hands shot instantly into the air...I said, truly we must be on to something here. I went on to ask how high they could fly, how fast, did they have to jump out of a high place or just flap their arms and take off. Wow! We had such an animated discussion and we all just assumed that this was a dream that ALL normal people experienced on a regular basis.

A few years later I went to work in a state agency filled with bureaucrats and one day in a staff meeting I asked how many dreamed they could fly...no hands went up. They looked at me like I was an alien being.  I had long said that I felt I was the only risk taker among VERY SERIOUS and VERY CAREFUL people...That day, I knew that I'd proved it!

My theory is: People who are risk takers and passionate about life dream they can fly.

So, tell me...Do you dream you can fly? If you do, what type of flying do you do? High up in the clouds, just over the housetops or just a couple feet off the ground? When you fly, do you flap your arms to take off or jump from a high place? What's the best part of this dream for you? How often do you dream this dream?

Now that we've determined you can fly, how old are you? What is your occupation? Did you dream this more in your youth or when you had a different occupation? (Pilots...your responses really don't count here...)

I know it isn't scientific, but have some fun with this...walk around and work this week and ask people "Do you dream you can fly?" and those who do will instantly want to share their flying stories. Those who don't will want you to go back to the mother ship!

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