Some people are dreamers, living lives that blur reality with imagination, and memory with construct. I am such a person and it has its benefits as well as its drawbacks. I can visualize things easily; I have no problem hoping, supposing and living my life theoretically. But, I can also turn my head from pressing, tangible problems expecting, without precedent or proof, that life with be better tomorrow.
 
Are you a dreamer? You'll know you are if, like me, your night-time dreams are so vivid and interesting that you are tempted to purchase a ticket and bring popcorn to your night stand before you go to sleep. In addition to awesome nocturnal experiences, a dreamer usually has an easy time visualizing and imagining what might be, sometimes glazing over reality in the process. For this reason, she might have a messy desk, or house, because she can picture what it would look like clean and therefore doesn't need it to be that way to have the experience.
 
As a dreamer, I often 'see' things when I meditate and last fall, while sitting in quiet contemplation, I had an intriguing visual pop into my head of a wise being placing its hand over mine helping me write. In the image, the 'helping hand' was a pure white energy holding a white feather quill. It put its hand over mine and I interpreted that as 'I'll be with you when you write' or 'I'll help guide your words.'

My daughter recently made a comment that started me thinking about the various relationships in my life. Driving home after attending our annual Open House, she and her brother discussed how they no longer knew the majority of my friends.  When she mentioned it, I reminded her that she hasn’t lived at home for over 12 years and things change.

Those changes include the fact that I no longer commute to Calgary or throughout Alberta for my work as I now have the privilege of working from a home office. This makes it much easier for me to become involved in and get to know the people in my local community.  Another change is the connectedness that I now experience via the Internet, a factor that is impacting the isolation once prevalent in rural and remote communities.  Quoting Dr. James Tiller “...The Internet begat another innovation, the World Wide Web, which in turn begat many other innovations, including Facebook, Google, Twitter and Wikipedia.”  Social media and social networking are changing the ways that people relate.