The Sandbag Times Issue No:58

With Pablo
A Brand New Start...
I had a dream the other night..., well it was a nightmare actually.
Nothing that really bothered me but certainly enough for me to think
about the meaning of it.
The dream was, I was walking down a street very close to my home
when everything started to turn a brilliant white and then all of a
sudden the ground started to disappear. Weird, I know but there you
have it, our dreams can go all over the place.
As I said, I was none the worse for it but after a little research, I started
finding the same meaning over and over again. Dreaming of an end or
dreaming that you die is meant to signify a new beginning. Of course,
there is no scientific evidence to this and it could very possibly be
complete rubbish but it did kind of make sense a little.
Recently, I have been going through a lot of career changes and
my mind, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that this was such
a sign telling me to look to the new future. I may be wrong but I will
look at it as a good sign, after all, what do I have to lose.
So my thoughts reflect on some of the nightmares I used to suffer
when I was in the midst of PTSD. Totally different and incoparable,
I know but maybe it was a way of being told to get help. Maybe not,
but one thing I am learning is that there is a reason for everything we
experience. The trick is to recognise the message. Much easier to write
about than to do in practice.
But the message here is that we must always look for our new start no
matter how bad things seem. One thing we can say without doubt is
that your new future does lie ahead, you just need the strength to look
for it. As far as my fellow veterans are concerned, I don’t think I could
offer a more worthwhile peice of advice.
Finally, I’d like to leave you with one of the verses that I read when
looking for answers to my dream. I think, this is where it started to
make a little sense.
Isaiah 43:18-19
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a
new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a
way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Hope this helps you in your journey through life.
Take care all and God Bless, Pabs
pointing myself into a new and very positive direction. It has all got
very exciting, I must admit. I won’t bore you with the details but it is
quite well documented in this issue.
The thing is, the dream, to me was a sign that my old life was coming
to an end and my new beginning was about to start. So from a bad
dream, a new bright light shines. Perhaps that was the light I saw in
my dream.
Now, I don’t think I am superstitious but I do think that God has a way
of sending messages and signs that perhaps we do not understand. In
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