My sleep is less and less restful. This is what the app that constantly measures some of my body functions tells me, such as heart rate, sleep and breathing status, number of steps taken daily, and many more.
The way we sleep, the time we sleep, the type of sleep, and many other such things have become important indicators of health.
Well, the app I'm talking about now tells me that I'm not getting enough rest, that deep sleep, which relaxes the brain, is missing from my nights. What's more, I suffer from apnea, which means my breathing stops during sleep... And there's a risk of it not starting. I mean, I could have the most pleasant way to die. Not that I want to die!
The bottom line is that I don't get enough sleep and I don't have a healthy sleep, which happens to a lot of people, only many people don't know that...
My wife is very sick and sleeps in the next room. Around 4 a.m. she starts coughing and doesn't seem to stop. I get up and go to her to see how I can help. Her eyes and nose were red and her pajamas were wet with sweat, she was sitting in the middle of the bed coughing. I helped her get another pair of pajamas, some medicine plus a nose spray. Fortunately, the coughing stopped and she went back to sleep.
I went back to my bed. It was already 4:30 a.m., but sleep had already run away. Even if my sleep was not good, I didn't suffer from insomnia.
I tried to fall asleep again but failed. Because I don't like my eyes wide open and staring at the ceiling, I picked up the phone to read some news.
About sports and my favorite football team, about politics...
Strangely, although I got stressed and upset, especially because of politics and the specter of an announced disaster for my country, and implicitly for me and most of my fellow countrymen, I slipped into sleep slowly and without realizing it.
The building where I was working was in a total mess, a rearrangement of the offices and spaces, according to a new ergonomic design, a real modernization.
The fact that this work was being done at the same time that we, the employees, were there was strange again. We would move from one office to another, new, unfamiliar coworkers would show up, and workers would repair walls, change furniture, and move in all directions. All this gave an image of a hustle and bustle, but it was controlled, because no one was being hit and no one was upset about the disturbance. I met many familiar faces but I was puzzled that these people were together, because I knew they lived in different cities.
I left the office and was surprised to discover that it was night and that the city where I live, Bucharest, had sloping streets. It's true that it's a big city, more than half of which I've never seen before, but it's a city built on flat land, without any big bumps, and yet, I found myself in the situation of walking down a steep street at night.
It was a bright moonlit night, and I was walking down an unfamiliar street, not only that, but the buildings were strange, they seemed from another, older age. The street was so steep that it resembled the bed of a mountain river that emptied into a lake. The end of the street could be seen in the distance because there was light there, a bright light and a dull rumbling grew louder the closer I got. It wasn't a noise, it was a muffled sound, at first unintelligible, but then slowly, slowly it turned into music...A rock concert!
I saw a band I had never seen live before, that went very well with the moonlit night: "Man in the Moon"(Om la Luna).
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I wasn't paying too much attention to the music and what was happening on the stage I was close to because something strange was happening in the sky. Strange and colorful lights were moving rapidly across the sky as a dark backdrop against which clusters of white clouds glided, as if in a dance. Then the clouds moved aside and a large golden letter "D", the color of the sun, appeared in the black sky.
My name is Dan.
The letter D could stand for my name in the sky, but why should it? What qualifies me for such an honor? Nothing, of course, and I remembered that in history I learned about Emperor Constantine the Great of the Byzantine Empire, who also saw a sign in the sky...
According to the Christian historians Eusebius and Lactantius, on the eve of the battle with Maxentius, Constantine saw in the sky at high noon that day a luminous cross above the sun with the inscription "In hoc signo vinces" = "By this sign you shall conquer".
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Of course, I cannot compare myself to an emperor, but this similarity of situations made me realize that the big letter "D" in the sky means something else. In Romanian, God is Dumnezeu, so it starts with the letter "D"!
When I realized that I woke up. I rarely remember what I dreamt at night, even though I know I dreamt it. Probably this time I woke up while I was dreaming because this dream remained very clear in my mind.
A dream like a surrealist movie!
I kept thinking about this long and strange dream and every time I recalled the events recounted here I had a strange sense of tranquility and a feeling that I had seen something special.
I'm not a mystic, on the contrary, I'm as critical as I can be of my Orthodox Christian religion. The dream that I told you about was the most interesting and moving that I have ever had, because it made me think about something, about a great mystery of humanity, regardless of religion, but especially for Christians.
I repeat myself, I have replayed this dream in my mind several times and each time I felt that it is realistic but that something is different from real life.
Then I understood.
The dream world was the same as my world, with one small difference. A small difference that makes a difference. I didn't see or feel violence and hatred. Then I thought that maybe this is heaven, that our life goes on after death in an identical world, but where there are no such bad feelings, hatred, and violence.
I hope so, I am pretty close to finding out if my hypothesis is true. Or maybe not.
I wish you a good night's sleep... and that your wife is in good health. I suffer from apnea too, so when I read you I felt a bit scared. I don't really think about it, you know? I've been listening to some lectures by Mario Alonso Puig, he's a surgeon, lecturer and writer, and he was talking about fear. He says that fear is produced when there is an absence of love... and that we can all contribute to help the people around us, acquaintances, strangers and very dear people to face their fears, with love. I think you are not lacking in that... Puig says that everything depends on how we see and perceive our reality. We can choose between seeing a world in chaos, or - let's say - our own world, or one that is beautiful, prosperous and with a lot to contribute to us in its little things and details. So I don't think I have much more to say. We must pay attention to dreams.
Happy festive season and may love continue to nest in your home.
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Well, @nanixxx, I start with an apology for the delay but I have a strange end of the year, with many unexpected problems that appear now and change my schedule more and more. Many of these are things not resolved in their own time and now they are taking revenge... Unfortunately, I learn nothing from this.
I have also read that fear is the cause of many evils in our lives. Health is especially affected.
Interesting what Mr. Puig says, love is the solution but... it will never be universal enough to overcome its opposite. So, as a philosophy, it sounds good, but in reality, in the big picture, it occupies a small space. Of course, in the small circle in which we live, we can each try and succeed in small sequences of life. Otherwise, I remember a sequence from a movie whose title I forget, with John Travolta playing the role of an archangel, a... Michael, I think it was. He was down to earth and a nonconformist saint, a big hit with the ladies, smoked and scratched himself in embarrassing places...
Funny I remember this scene. He said: "As John and Paul said" and here someone asks him: "Apostles?" and he says: "No, the Beatles" ... "All we need is love!"
I looked for a wish as good as yours and I couldn't write it, so I'll end with the wish that it will be the same for you!
Beautiful post, moving dream. I hope your wife gets better and you manage to find restful sleep again. Merry Christmas and happy new year Dan!
Thank you, Sorin. Merry Christmas!
Dreams are very important, I have been studying them for years and they are part of us, they warn us of things and I can assure you that beyond this life there is another... wonderful!
I hope it's as you say. I'm fascinated by dreams, too.
Thanks for the Christmas wishes, Merry Christmas to you too!
I rarely remember what I dream but I do believe that dreams can have a meaning for us.
Getting enough sleep and rest is so important. My husband for a couple of weeks a year ago had episodes of sleep apnea and it was very distressing because he was not sleeping well out of fear of stop breathing. With better eating habits and exercise and improving his physical condition the apnea went away. I hope that in your case too.
I hope your wife gets better and gets back to health and that your health gets better too. Take care.
Happy Holidays!
I am fascinated by what our brains can do while we sleep. I, as a former cinephile and movie lover, consider the brain the best director of surrealist movies. It would be so good if we could understand the messages being sent... I know your family is also in love with movies, if I'm not mistaken your husband actually works in this industry, I'm sure you understand what I'm saying.
I try to control my apnea, as your husband did, and I also monitor it, so I know when it evolves to higher risks.
My wife is in recovery and I think she will be fine. She's 73, I'm 71, and, unfortunately, we've made a collection of different illnesses that upset us one at a time and sometimes several together. I'm trying to enjoy the days to come as a bonus received from life, here's a time when I'm optimistic.
Wishing you happy holidays, good health, and a better future for your son, dear @coquicoin!
I totally get what you are trying to say. And yes, my husband is a filmmaker. And I am sometimes amazed at his ability to make up stories or recreate a scene. Many of which he probably came up with while he was dreaming. I believe that people who have that creativity have a gift to be able to tell about those images that pass through our brain while we sleep and paradoxically, at least in the case of my husband, he has always had trouble sleeping. He has a hard time getting to sleep and wakes up frequently during the night, while I usually sleep like a baby, hehe. Maybe that has something to do with creativity, who knows.
I hope yours and your wife's health improves. And enjoy one day at a time is the best we can do.
Thank you for your good wishes for us, dear Dan and best wishes to you and yours for a 2025 healthy, wealthy and full of joy.
I have a few similar heath issues Dan, and at our age, we can expect anything. That is a great dream, and yeah, maybe a message for you.
Christmas is now gone, and my best wishes to you and your wife for 2025.
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I could say that I don't believe it to be true but the biting pain is a constant reminder of the current state I am in. It's still not hard to bear right now but more and more threats are emerging.
I'm happy with the life I've had so far and never thought I'd get here, so I try to enjoy every day.
Let's hope there will be many more good days ahead and I wish you and your family a good new year that will hand us over, in good conditions, to the next year to come... and so on!
I have yesterday completed a 10 day stint of anti-biotics for a prostate infection, that was very painful. I never had issues with my prostate before, and you can imagine how confused I felt. So yes, I told you that we must prepare for unexpected health issues Dan. Age is the culprit, and the pushing of my body as a youngster is now turned into a revenge by my body.
Good that you take things day by day, as that is the best thing to do, and I do the same.
Thank you for the wishes my friend, and all blessings also to you and your family.
By the way, my name is Zac.
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Hi, Zac! I know your name, you are among the few who sign your blog with your full name, I noticed that.
I've been on prostate treatment for about a year now but I haven't had any pain.
Yes, the problem is with the body that doesn't really coordinate with the head, haha... I feel like I can do much more than my body can handle. If I overdo it then I get corrections in the form of pain.
Thank you and happy holidays!
Nothing to hide my friend, as I am an open book. !LOL
Wow, a year is a long time for prostate treatment. Isn't there a way that they can cure the thing?
I only had an acute prostate infection, and now after 10 days of an anti-biotic pill treatment, everything seems to be okay again.
Me too, but that's where we make a mistake, as at times I try to do things that came natural 30 years ago, but then it's a mess and of course disappointment. Even doing simple push-ups have become difficult.
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