When I was little I used to have a hard time going to sleep. I'd worry about my parents, or school, or why I was different than the other kids and had to live in a trailer...on a dead end road...in the woods.
I had a little room of my own, very little. It fit a bed and a small desk and that was it.
I had Strawberry Shortcake sheets and pillowcase on my humble little bed, and one night while worrying about my life and what would become of me...I decided to dream of Strawberry Shortcake Land.
I dreamed I lived there and had lots of friends and that I smelled like strawberries. I dreamed of rainbows and blue skies. I dreamed of a place far different from my reality. And it soothed me. It made me smile as I drifted off to sleep. And it made life bearable in that musty, cigarette smoke filled single wide trailer, on a dead end road in the woods.
Now life is better. I have mostly let go of my childhood let-downs and have other worries, grown up kinds. Like how do I pay for this or that? And how do I make more money. And I have the worries every parent has as well, like wanting better for my kid than I had.
So far so good though... I'm not living in a trailer!
But just like when I was little I like to think happy thoughts before bed. I like to think of a world better than mine. A place where I have everything beautiful and go places I've only seen on TV.
I like to think I've won the lottery and what would I do? Who would I help? And who would I not tell? LOL
This self soothing technique is quite helpful when falling asleep, and every night it's different.
I was talking about these lottery dreams with friends of mine and decided to write them down, and this is what my blog is about.
Every night it's a little different, and that fascinates me. What would your dreams be? I love this exercise!
I want gardens and fountains and beautiful lighting. I want a garage separate from the house and inconspicuous to the road. My house has a view of the water and an amazing angle on the sunset every night.
