Sunday, April 13, 2014

Morning Enigma

I awoke this morning after a relatively long sleep and realized I had dreamed something profound.  It was such a wonderful dream while it was occurring.  The only problem I had when I awoke was I couldn't remember the dream.  I know it was a special dream because it left me with a feeling that I had been given a special charge in the night and I should share it with my friends.  I was sure as I struggled to remember what it was that it was a worthy message of great importance.  
The dream came to me somewhere in that period of wakefulness and sleep.  It crept upon me, and I actually awoke and realized it was a dream creeping into my consciousness.  I immediately closed my eyes again, and fell into the rabbit hole.  It was then that the mysterious enigma was revealed.
So here I am getting dressed , the coffee is on the table, and I have no idea what this all means.  After 30 minutes of sipping coffee, prodding my mind for some inkling of a clue, I had hit a brick wall.  Resolved to failure I sat at the kitchen table and as soon as I put the first bite of a Jimmy Dean's Pure Pork Sausage biscuit into my mouth...BAM!  The dream came rushing back into my memory like a tsunami.  The enigma had revealed itself!  I had dreamed that I made a promise to God I would be a vegetarian!  Not just a vegetarian, but an activist for animal rights.  I remembered my dream and how vile the thought of consuming meat was, all just to satisfy my primal lust for meat.
Sitting here at the breakfast table I thought how difficult it must must be to go through a period of 40 days during the Lenten season and practice self denial.  I only lasted a few hours.  I'll atone for my own deficiencies at a later date, possibly with God.  Right now I've got a biscuit to eat.