Pushing the STOP Button — The Importance of Getting Off the Conveyor Belt

“Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.”

– John DePaola

Sometimes our dreams can be so vivid.

And when they are, I have learned to pay attention.

A couple of weeks ago, I was having an afternoon nap on the couch in my sunroom. I had a dream that I was at a park with my good friend, Heather. My dog, Sable, was with us. In my dream, Sable was blind (just like she was at the end of her life, as she’d had both eyes removed due to glaucoma).

While Heather and I were chatting, Sable wandered away and somehow managed to climb up on a conveyor belt, of all things. It was a conveyor belt that went both up and around…like a luggage carousel at an airport.

So there sat my beloved blind German Shepherd, going up the conveyor belt to goodness knows where. I saw her just in time to see her disappear through the door at the top. I raced over and jumped on the conveyor belt, hoping to find her at the top. Heather called out to me to STOP! But I ignored her…I had to save Sable. She was blind — what if she fell off?

The conveyor belt carried me to the top and through the door…which is when I saw Sable on the other side, coming back towards me. She was smiling away, just like she did in real life. So I jumped from where I was, over to her, and gave her a huge hug…relieved beyond belief that she was okay…

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