I Had A Dream (A Very, Very Weird Dream)

On Saturday morning I was really tired and decided to take a nap. What was planned to be a light thirty minute snooze turned into a two hour snore-fest. Nothing special taking a nap, right?  Read on. Things are about to get a bit strange.

I dreamt I was on a bus with Jeff Goins, Kimanzi Constable, my wife, and several others I didn’t know.  We were going to New York. Jeff, my wife, someone tall and mysterious (I think it was Joe Bunting) spoke in length about UFO’s. I also remember that it was $27 dollars an hour to park on  the street in New York.

Later, we arrived at a big white house and Tamara Lunardo had some kind of prize for whoever climbed a mountain-like driveway first. I am pretty sure that the prize was her semi-famous chocolate chip cookies. I didn’t win but rather got second place. (Bummer, huh!!)

And then I saw Kimanzi coming toward me. I thought to myself, “Man, it would really hurt if Kimanzi tackled me.” And then Kimanzi kept moving toward me. Closer. Closer. Then when he was a few inches from tackling me, I woke up.

Definitely a weird dream!!

What I learned from this dream: 

1. Rest was needed!! (I bet you need a nap too. I say go for it!!)

2. I’ve watched too many episodes of X Files recently.

3. I want some chocolate chip cookies.

4. Things work out a whole lot better when we work together.

5. When pursuing your dream, there will be pain. You might even get tackled for nothing.

Have you ever had a weird dream and learned anything from it? Please share in the comments. Thanks!

 

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  • http://beckfarfromhome.blogspot.com/ Beck Gambill

    I’ve had my fair share of weird dreams. When I was about fourteen or so I had a re-occurring dream that I was being chased by a pig the size of a house.  Each night I ran from the pig; I always woke up exhausted and to this very day I never miss a chance to eat pork, hmmm. I also had weird dreams when I was pregnant. I often dreamed an alien had taken over my body, which was partially true! I can’t say those weird dreams every really taught me anything though.

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      Haha wow Beck. Don’t know what to say that can follow up with those dreams!! haha :)

  • http://twitter.com/tamaraoutloud Tamára Lunardo

    That’s hilarious. I love that I conduct ridiculous contests in people’s dreams. Sounds about right. :)

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      And don’t forget the cookies. That is VERY, VERY important :)  
      Thanks for the comment Tamára! 

  • http://www.indueseason.net skottydog

    Dreams are always telling you something.  Silly and bizarre and they may be.  
    I will say this, however:    Parking is not all that far off from $27/hour in NYC.

    With their “alternate side street parking, no parking between 4:15p and 5:03pm on Tuesdays, no blue cars on streets with odd numbers, etc.” in can get pretty hairy!   Of course I’m exaggerating, but not by much.  

    I once parked LEGALLY in a spot that was so good (think George Castanza bragging) that I actually walked several blocks away to where I was headed.  It was a David Bowie show in a small club.   A once in a lifetime event.

    I paid $40 to see Bowie in a bar with 1200 people, then got back to my truck and found a $275 ticket waiting for me.   That wasn’t a dream.   It was a nightmare!

  • http://randomlychad.com Chad Jones

    Ok. Weirdest dream I ever had:

    I was present when Howard Carter opened King Tut’s tomb, eldritch creatures spilled forth out of it; one of them stung my poodle on the shores of the Nile. I attribute this dream to either reading too much Stephen King, or too much Tim LaHaye. One of the two.

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      haha! Wow. That’s impressive!! I thought Geraldo Rivera opened King Tut’s tomb….??! 

  • http://KatieAxelson.com/ Katie Axelson

    On Sunday morning I woke up after dreaming there had been a shooting at my church and for my own safety they were trying to declare me dead (even though I was fine) so I could be removed from the building and flee on foot. I decided it was satan attacking me rather than God protecting me and went to church where nothing out of the ordinary happened.

    Katie

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      That’s terrible! Yuck! Glad you went on like nothing happened. That is exactly what the enemy did not want. 

  • http://undistractedchristian.com/ Tyler Hess

    has anyone ever woken up from a dream and thought “well, that seemed reasonable”?

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      After the amount of X Files I have watched recently, almost anything is reasonable ;)  

  • http://www.eileenknowles.com Eileen

    My weirdest dreams  usually inspire a post.  There always seems to be a hidden lesson or takeaway that  teaches me something.  I love weird dreams.  

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      Nice! I’ve never done this before. Didn’t know so much was there waiting to be learned in my weird dreams :)

  • http://twitter.com/tammyhelfrich Tammy Helfrich

    I always have crazy dreams, but typically don’t remember them. The craziest ones were while I was pregnant. Sometimes I would wake up thinking it really happened.

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      Haha, so can I blame this on my pregnant wife???? Hahhaha ;)

  • http://rebootingworship.com/ Jamie Kocur

    Y’know, I think I remember having a dream with Jeff Goins in it recently. He was like an evil dictator, making everyone do all these hard tasks. Oh, wait…

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      HAHAHAHAHAHAA. Wow, just wow ;) I’m going to laugh even harder if Jeff comments on that ;)

      • http://rebootingworship.com/ Jamie Kocur

        What’s really funny is that I’m not making that up. I really did have that dream. :)

        • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

          Wow. Dreaming about writing. Nice to know I’m not alone there!!!

  • http://deuceology.wordpress.com Larry Carter

    When I dream, I dream weird things.  Like working at a former employer and the president walking around barefoot on a table in the boardroom carrying a python in a burlap sack.

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      So my guess is that your subconscious is telling you that the president was either a snake, or hung out with snakes. What do you think? ;) haha

  • http://www.jmlalonde.com Joe Lalonde

    Jim, that was a pretty weird dream. But at least you had a ton of awesome people in it.

    I haven’t had any weird dreams, at least not that I can recall. 

    • http://unknownjim.com/ Jim Woods

      Haha indeed. Thankfully it was pretty easy to interpret as well :)