Early last week, I had this dream that I was some place scarily resembling Boracay when the Asian Tsunami struck. I was, along with everybody I knew in my lifetime, on the the 30th floor of some resort hotel by the beach. We were all fortunately unscathed. I remember looking out the huge window & seeing how calm the sea was after it just destroyed everything in its path below us. Ironic! What a horrible dream to have! Weird! Everybody I knew? Riiiight! But then, this isn't the first time I had a dream of this sort. Ever since I can remember, even as a kid I'd have social-issue dreams of all sorts. I've had a September 11th dream, a bombing this & that dream, a hunger & poverty issue somewhere dream, a disaster earthquate or typhoon kind of dream etc... etc... It seems like every breaking news on CNN or article I've seen & read registers & gets stored in my brain's neurons which eventually translates into my dreams at night.
Each time that I wake up & can remember the dream vividly... I'd always ask myself if this was some sort of calling. I've always felt that there came a point when I even asked my dad about doing something about it like volunteering at the Red Cross, UN or some International Aid Agency when I was younger. But then my dad told me that he felt I had the right intentions but might not have the needed strength for it emotionally. Hmmm... He must be right! I might end up not being able to help there at all because I would just fall into an emotional heap. I might not have what it takes to handle it mentally & emotionally. Seeing them on TV affects me that much already, I wouldn't know how it'd affect me face to face.
The way I see it, you need to have some form of detachment from the kind of work that it is whether as a volunteer or not. You definitely don't sympathize but more on empathize maybe? I wouldn't really know for sure... Well whatever that 'strength', 'talent' or 'skill' might be, I hope I'd get 'it' eventually & do something about it. Until then, I hope to keep having these sorta dreams, they keep me on my toes and really grateful for what I've got. Thanks to those who never get tired of hearing me go on & on about my latest "save/help the world!" dream =)
