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I was lost, but now I'm found Date:Monday, 20th of December, 2021 Day 20 prompt: about "a dream" Published by: Greatwolfman ***What you are about to read is based on my personal experience, it tells the tale of the night I almost died. This was recent, it made me wonder if I was ever going to see the much anticipated new year. Do I have your attention now? I haven't been able to derive a satisfactory meaning from it all except for the fact that I'm still alive.*** ***This isn't the first time I had suffered from such nightmares but this time was more intense, you are about to find out why.*** **It was just like any other night**, I had gone to bed early because I had a really busy day, so after a quick shower and warm meal, I turned in for bed. I never knew that it would mark the day I wouldn't be forgetting anytime soon. **I woke up in the living room, wondering how I got there**, did I sleepwalk again? I noticed no one was at home, so I went out to find out what was going on. As soon as I opened the door, I found myself in a strange place, covered with sand like a desert, the sand spanned for miles and there was no one in sight. **All this while I didn't know I was dreaming**, so I wanted to return home to inform everyone of this weird phenomenon but my house was gone. I couldn't find the door through which I exited to find myself in this land. **At that moment, I became conscious that I was dreaming**, now I may have mentioned this earlier, it's not the first time I've been conscious in my dream, oftentimes I easily find my way back when I want but this time, I was lost. **I had this consciousness that if I could find my house, I would wake up**. There was no one to ask for help as I trudged the sandy soil looking for a way back. I walked for hours, the longest I have even been in my conscious state until I came across a hill with a gate. **I knew this was my mind creating images to serve as a guide but it freaked me out**, I tried to open the gate but I still couldn't. I managed to climb the hill and decided to jump down hoping the shock and pain with send me back to my body but it didn't work. At a time, I started to wonder how many hours must have gone in the real world as I broke down in tears for fear that my parents would have found my lifeless body and properly weeping. **I wondered if there was still hope of getting back to my body before I actually passed on**, I closed my eyes to try and regain composure, but as soon as I opened it, I was no longer in the desert, I found myself in a church gathering, the pastor was calling out names of people who had graduated from an exam, I was a part of the soon-to-be graduates because we were all wearing graduation gowns, but when my name was called out to come and dance as others did after hearing their names, I discovered I wasn't dressed well, I was still wearing my black boxers and T-shirt that I had worn to sleep, I didn't have any suit and tie worn like others or a shoe, I was barefooted, so I didn't come out, I was too shy that I didn't quite fit in so I left the gathering shamefully. **As I took to the exit, I found myself back at home**, It was night again and I thought I was finally awake, except I wasn't, I went to my parent's room, there were still asleep. I went to my room to find my body, but I couldn't find it, I paced all over the house looking for my body. After much trial, I closed my eyes again and tried to wake up from this nightmare but I was so tired and I felt very weak, but I kept on until I slowly drifted off to my body. **I gasped from the bed as I finally woke up, I was having an attack**, I was literally choking to death. I don't know how long I was dead for but I was certainly glad to be alive. I rushed down to the kitchen to drink some water as I tried to catch my breath. It took me a moment before the whole dream started coming back to me. I knelt and thank God for giving me another chance. I don't know why he saved me but it definitely means my purpose in the world hasn't been completed yet. **Most people don't make it back**, it's not uncommon to hear of people sleeping and not waking up. I'm glad I wasn't one of them. I have been trying to process this thought for days now, but today, I finally had the courage to share this story. What are your thoughts on this? I would love to read them. ***Treat every passing day as if it were your last because death can come anytime and most times without a warning which is not necessarily a bad thing, how else do you go back to Paradise?*** Lead image Source: [**Unsplash free images**]

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