This week in class I read about how Romeo and Mercutio had very different views on dreams. Romeo says that dreams hold the truth but Mercutio believes that dreams are lies or simple wishes. My personal opinion is that dreams help sort out what is currently going on in ones life and sometimes helps us make decisions.
For instance, someone has a terrible boss who makes them work over time and always yells but that person still can’t understand why they are so stressed and doesn’t know that their boss is is the cause of all their troubles. The worker may dream that there boss is a monster that is angry and screaming or something. I think that the dreams help us sort our thoughts and it is the subconscious helping us depict what is right from wrong. It is scientifically proven that while asleep, the subconscious can try to help you figure out what’s wrong to help you deal with it.
I also believe that some people’s dreams tell them what could happen in the future sort of like a psychic but the dreams wouldn’t tell the whole future and is only half true. But I think that’s what makes them so fun! Trying to figure out what your dreams mean, what your subconscious is trying to say. There are even websites dedicated to help you find out what your dreams mean. I think it’s fascinating!,For example, if I were to dream of flying over a burning house then rescuing someone from getting run over by a truck, it could mean maybe that a house will burn down, or I save someone or maybe someone else did or something. Although, some times it has nothing to do with what you dream but what certain things in the dream represents. Like the fire could represent a problem in ones life and the person who I saved could represent someone who needs help.
Dreams are very hard to figure out and understand and sometimes I just think that it’s a way of exploring my mind and life and getting everything in order but I think that I sort of hope that they mean something more than pure nonsense because where’s the fun in that? What’s the fun in not believing?
I believe in lots of crazy things like auras and aliens and psychics and I think it’s because if I didn’t, if I didn’t believe that dreams mean something and that they help us predict what’s coming next, life would be pretty dull. All of the mystery would be gone. What would I believe? How would anyone keep life interesting without their beliefs? Now, I suppose the question is what do you believe?