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A Native American tradition, the dream catcher is meant to protect the sleeper. Good dreams slip through the centre hole and drip down the feathers to the person. Bad dreams are caught in the web and melt away with the first lights of day.
I had a dream catcher as a child. It hung over my bed amongst the flowered wallpaper. Soft brown leather wrapping and wrapping. A string weaving an intricate web dotted with pretty beads. Feathers trailing from the bottom of the circle. It kept away bad dreams usually.
Sometimes I’d just sit and hold it. My little fingers would trace the web, trying to find a pattern. Around and around the web. Circle, circle, circle. Life always moving…even if we don’t see any sort of pattern or direction.
We can act like a dream catcher in our waking moments. Welcoming each new day with the sunshine and letting the mistakes and aches of yesterday fade. Allowing ourselves to enjoy the simple moments and be open to the good all around us. While letting go of our hold on darkness…releasing our problems and not sweating the small stuff and trusting.
Pretend you’re a dream catcher for a moment and see what magic happens…
I haven’t had a dream catcher for years. I feel the need to find one again.
I’ve always loved dream catchers. They’re fun to make as well.
There are simply magical. I’ll have to look into making one : )
you feel as though too many bad dreams are not being caught in your life at the moment?
I feel as though I am a dreamcatcher….allowing only the best of things to flow through to my friends …. the worst items? I dispatch them with great determination…
the greatest way to be a human dreamcatcher? Give hugs….a lot of them… oh how I’m craving one at the moment…
T.
Beautiful…that is the way to live…hugs are lovely and healing.
Dreams are not all that different from memories…if we can try to control one, why not the other…
Dreams and memories…both are so intriguing…they are all about how we perceive things, whether those things are reality or not.
I find I don’t dream much when asleep…at least I can’t remember them if I do…I dream with my eyes open….I capture a lot of them in my writing…Perhaps you will have another dream catcher to hang on your wall, but your spirit is there to catch all the dreams inspiration sends your way.
You put that beautifully, Susie. Thank you.
After reading your post, I feel like I need to find a dreamcatcher, too!
On the hunt for dreamcatchers we goooo!
What a lovely post. I would definitely try to be a living breathing dream catcher. Often i find myself wondering, after reading your post, where you get your insights. Thanks for constantly challenging my view of things.
Ideas float on the breeze…sometimes I’m lucky enough to catch one or two
You are welcome, I’m honoured that I do.