The Empty Chair

"One day she will show up." He paused to look longingly at the other couples gathered there that February 14th night. "When the right girl comes along." The waitress looked skeptically at the man who reserved a dinner for two every year, and then waited for the right girl to come along and sit down. He refused any girl who hit on him any other week, where he was undoubtedly to be found sitting at the bar. "I firnly believe that special girl, the one made just right fo rme, will find me. And I will be prepared for her." That's what he said last year, and the year before that. He said that every year for the 6 years this girl had been working there. Many times had they discussed well into the night about fate and soulmates. She knew he was a romantic. She continued on her way, serving the happy couples dressed in pink, red and white. He always waited until a half hour before the kitchen closed before ordering food. She kept a close eye on him, fearing...she knew not what. He wasn't the kind of guy to have a mental breakdown yet...here he was, sitting at a table set for two, just waiting for the perfect girl to fall into his lap. "Why do you expect her to just show up?" The waitress asked himt hat night. "You should be out looking for her." He gave her a look mixed with confusion and almost surprise. Then the look lightened, and he laughed. "Because I have done my part already." She looked at him ghastly, not believing the extent of his selfishness. She scoffed aloud, "That is absolutely no way to expect a girl to fall for you. Sitting here, paying money for nobody year after year, will earn no woman's love." The man looked at her and smiled tenderly. "I have searched for her. And I found her. I spend this day alone, but with her. If only she will come to me." The waitress thought for a long moment. Then she slowly sat down in the second chair.

Dreams

I think one of the points of dreams are to rid ourselves of emotions that we do not use commonly, but are healthy for our balance. I also think that dreams can serve as an eye-opener, if you care enough to remember and interpret them. My dream last night was off issues with my fiancee, and in the dream, we grew stronger. That might have had something to do with the marriage 101 lecture my dance teacher gave me that night before bed, but the dream enforced a situation and specific emotions into my mind. It's easier to remember emotions and happenings other than words of someone. Dreams are "what if"s and "could be"s of our lives. Why not pay attention to them and try to make it happen? Don't forget your dreams. Write down the real emotional ones, and look over them again later, and try to put it all together. Heed the advice.

Symbols. There are always symbols to a dream. Look at the photo above. Typical dream right? Missing pieces, and Rainbow in the night, which doesn't make sense. Contradictions may just be a way to relax yourself in the dream. Who doesn't love a full moon, and rainbows? That's also one way to tell you are dreaming, if you are conscious enough to see it. I use things like that in my dreams to tell whether or not I actually took out the trash or went pee, because that dream felt so real.

 Emotions.Once again, emotions are put there to make you remember. But there will always be a level of emotional attachment to your dreams, because they are in you. There's a level of emotion to watching movies, and most dreams are the same as that. The ones with stronger emotions are the ones meant to tell you something.

Flashes. Ever notice how certain things are missing? The picture above is missing the rest of the world! My belief is that they then aren't to be worried about. We miss those things in our dreams because we need to know what our subconscious is telling us. The missing things are not pertaining to the point. So when you try to interpret the dream, only use the factors that the dream provided you. If you try to stick your sister into the situation, you will never figure out what it was the dream was showing you.

Control. If you pay attention to your dreams when you wake up, and start noticing what is wrong with them, and being able to know when you are dreaming, you can change factors in the dream. My most recent dream, I've always wanted kids, but recently changed my mind, so I pushed the kids out of my mind and dream. Pay attention to the real and not-so-real details, and the rest will come naturally.

Photography

Why do we take photographs?

I take photos because I love beauty, and to be able to create a time stand still and capture that beautiful moment, to me, is the coolest thing one can do. Of course real life is better, but then, it never lasts long. Life if full of change and ups and downs. I disagree with photo shop, because I believe it makes our fake moments captured by camera, even faker. There is real talent to being able to capture a beautiful moment almost perfectly. As perfectly as cameras can. There are times I wish our eyes had internal cameras, and can picture the 3D ness of our world as we see it. The panoramic setting, and the color schemes of our brain are much more intricate. We could think a word and our eyes would take a picture, as we see it. No color changes, no not getting far enough back to see the whole thing, etc. Just pure mental image. I look at a scene and its beautiful. But when I take the picture with my camera, there are buildings and power lines that ruin the sides of the picture. But with my eyes, I naturally block out all that, only seeing the good. That would be priceless.