Story of the Dream Catcher

*Native American Origin

          


*A STORY OF THE DREAMCATCHER

by Finder

      " Long ago in the days of the ancestors, some of the children of the people were having strange, frightening dreams.

       As the children talked to other children, the troubling dreams spread among them like a plague.  The parents of the children were concerned. The people wanted their children to be happy but they didn’t know what to do.  The people went to talk to the shaman. The shaman listened patiently as the parents told him about their distress.

       The shaman told the parents that he could help. But he would need to spend some time in counsel with the spirits before he would have a solution. The shaman would have to enter the dream world to find the answer. Upon entering the dream world the shaman was approached by the four elements: Air, Earth, Water and Fire. Air had already heard of the parent’s concern, and had carried the message on the wind to the other elements.  All the spirits in the dream world loved the children and wanted to help return the children to their state of peaceful sleep. The elements and the shaman dreamed together for a long time. They finally came to understand that:

       Air could carry the children’s dreams. Earth could hold the dreams within her hoop. Water could wash and separate dreams - the wanted from the unwanted. Fire could use the morning sun to burn up the unwanted dreams that are caught in the web. Now all they needed was something to capture the dreams as they were carried by the air. Try as they might, the shaman and the elements could not think of a way to catch the dreams. Grandmother Spider had been listening!

       She said, "Beautiful, loving elements, I can help you as you help me every day." Grandmother Spider continued, "I can weave a special web that only wanted dreams can escape down to the dreamer. And so she did, and the first Dreamcatcher was made.  The shaman brought the dreamcatcher with him when he made his journey back from the dream world.

       All of the families of the people made dreamcatchers. The families hung them above where the children slept, in a place that was seen by the sun. No longer were the children troubled by unwanted dreams. Instead they had happy dreams and peaceful sleep.  And so, at last, Great Spirit looked into the dreams of the children and smiled?"

- the end –

"According to Native Americans, dreams that humans have while they sleep, are sent by sacred spirits as messages.  According to their Legend, in the center of the Dream Catcher there is a hole.  Good dreams are permitted to reach the sleeper through this hole in the  web.  As for the bad dreams, the web traps them and they disappear at dawn with the first light.   For some, they try to determine what messages are being past onto them and what the message represents."

*The correlation of the Native American story

with the reality of And All That Good Stuff.

*Chasing one’s dreams is simply not enough, at least according to yours truly. While it is always important to have a blue print of what is to come, it is even better to keep alive the blue print and not let it go to waste. In other words; aspire, plan and implement.

*Instead of talking about it, be about it. Here on And All That Good Stuff, there isn’t much beating around the bush unless it’s for dramatic affect. Rather than beating around the bush, I believe it is imperative to do what needs to be done as opposed to wasting time.

*Time is of the Essence, so we must live each day as if it is our last. And with that being said, I would like for you all to make a plan, stick to the plan, and catch your dreams with a firm grip.