In the small hours of the morning I was jolted out of what must have been a really weird dream. My first college roommate Nancy was standing at the sink in our dorm room washing her face. Perhaps she had dropped something in the sink, startling me awake. I sat bolt upright in bed.
“You said WHAT?!?” I asked in a
voice that betrayed shock and confusion, leaving poor Nancy mystified.
“Julie … what’s wrong?”
“You said WHAT?!?”
“Julie …”
“You said WHAT?!?”
“Julie! Wake up! What’s wrong?”
Finally, my conscious caught up
with my subconscious. “Oh … Never mind.”
I lay back down, hoping to go back to sleep. No such luck. By that time, I was thoroughly
awake. I began to chuckle.
Nancy looked at me curiously. “What?”
“You’ll never believe what I
thought you said.” I had to laugh again. I thought you said, “It’s time to feed
the gorillas!” We both got a chuckle out of that.
I have absolutely no idea now
what could have possibly prompted a dream about feeding gorillas. After all, it
happened 32 years ago. I did not get any profound spiritual lesson out of that
incident at the time. However, looking back, I can see a parallel between my
reaction there in my dorm room, and my reaction now when something unexpected
happens in life.
