Odd Dream About Retirement
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
Pikeville, North Carolina
January 29, 2023 10:34am CST
Last night I dreamed that all the students and staff at my school held a big retirement party for my friend Lynn and me. Lynn is the principal of our school and is also retiring at the end of this year.
At the end of the party, everyone except Lynn and me boarded a train and rode off into the future. Lynn and I were left behind on the platform watching the train leave without us.
When it was out of sight, she turned to me and said, "I guess that's it then."
The dream ended on that note.
It doesn't take a soothsayer to interpret this dream, does it?
Have you ever had such a spot-on dream about your future?
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18 responses
@FourWalls (62172)
• United States
29 Jan 23
When I was home recovering from surgery I had a dream about being back at my command that was so vivid I was afraid to open my eyes, thinking I was back in Norfolk! 
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@ptrikha_2 (45501)
• India
12 Feb 23
@DWDavis
Till 6 to 7 years back, I had dreams about not at all preparing for my physics or Chemistry Practical exams ( I had Science and Engineering as my majors).
And that made me so worrisome in the dreams.
Plus getting late for the exams, when in reality I was quite punctual with practical exams and main exams.
But well dreams actually indicate other fears or may be omens!
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
30 Jan 23
Last week, my friend and I were discussing what the school would be like with the two of us gone. I've only been teaching there for six years, but have been involved as a volunteer, commission member, Scout leader, and coach for 28 years. My friend has been there for over 30 years and principal for 28 years. My absence will be a minor blip. Hers will bring about a sea change. I suppose this could have been behind the dream.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
1 Feb 23
@JudyEv Finding a principal is difficult in these days when education and educators are under constant political attack. One of our sister Catholic schools has been without a principal for 8 months because no one is even applying for the job. The teachers are running the school by committee. If that happens at my school, all the more reason to be glad to be out of there.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Jan 23
@DWDavis That's a long time to be principal. There might be a lot of changes made with a new one - which doesn't mean that they'll necessarily be good. 
And you've done more than your share too. Good for you. No wonder you're looking forward to retirement.
And you've done more than your share too. Good for you. No wonder you're looking forward to retirement.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Jan 23
Wow, what a dream! I can't think of a dream I've had that was so spot on. I'm sure I had them, but I just can't think of one.
I did have a dream one time of my dad as a teenager working for a logging company, and they would float the timber down canals to the saw mill. One day many years after, we were all going for a drive, and we passed a canal that looked exactly like the one in my dream. I exclaimed from the back seat of the car, "I know that canal!" And then before I could say another world, my dad said "When I was a teenager I worked for a logging company and we used to float the logs down that canal to the lumber mill." I was absolutely floored at that moment.
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Jan 23
@DWDavis I sometimes wonder if memories ever get embedded in DNA and then passed down through generations. Do you think something like that is plausible?
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@ptrikha_2 (45501)
• India
12 Feb 23
Many a days, I don't have a dream.
Sometimes I do have a dream and the past and the future looks so mixed up in them!.
"... It's then...." was probably a dialog in a movie I saw a few years back.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
29 Jan 23
I often dream of being on a narrow bridge with no support and water underneath. Your dream is so realistic!!
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@RebeccasFarm (86764)
• United States
29 Jan 23
Aw, what a sad sort of ending to the dream.
I have not had a dream such as that.
Hey, you could write a book about it DW.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Jan 23
How strange that dream was. Your subconscious has really been working on that.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
30 Jan 23
I have seen strange dreams too but don't remember them exactly.
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@crossbones27 (48434)
• Mojave, California
29 Jan 23
Yeah, means you lost for a minute. Haha Edit means, what am I going to do now, why conquer the world of course or at least just enjoy it like you should. 
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@LeaPea2417 (36451)
• Toccoa, Georgia
29 Jan 23
No I have never had a dream like that about my future.
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