Sleep and Health Journal

Daydreams are not just a time lapses with starry eyes. They are an important part of our physiology, just like our nightly dreams. In one study, 96% of subjects drift into daydreams at least one time a day. Our mind tends to wander while we are engaged in mundane or repetitive tasks like driving home from work, digesting a meal, or jogging.

By Deena Sherman

“And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it” (Genesis 28:12–13).

Dreams and sleep are inexorably linked - and the bible provides us with some of the most famous dreams that have ever been recorded.

A Healing Fairy Tale
By: Irena Nemchonok and Victor Peppard

Once upon a time, there was a Mama Turtle and a Papa Turtle who had a Little Daughter Turtle. The Mama and the Papa loved their Little Daughter turtle very much and they were
always happy together.

In the Dream World,
Anything can happen.
A fish could be a bird,
Or two animals overlapping.
In the Dream World,
No one is ever left out.

No one ever gets mad,
And no one ever shouts.

It is amazing how much progress we made in the changing the world around us and how little we understand about seemingly obvious and common thing within us like dreams.

Adopted from the Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2002
Everyone experiences dreams, but many people have trouble remembering what they are.

Dreams take people to places and situations that may seem real. People dream of many different things such as their house catching on fire, falling off a cliff or being chased by a faceless person. So, what do the dreams mean? Dr. Richard Evans, director of social psychology at the University of Houston, said that people often dream to relieve tension and stress. Evans said that no one can tell a person what all his or her dreams mean, but there are themes in dreams that can give someone a clue as to their meaning. For example, a dream about falling often indicates a fear of losing control, Evans said.

Sleep, do not forgo me, for it is with great anticipation that I await your adventures.

To you, I entrust my soul each night, that I should be led through the dark, ominous corridors that pull, weight, and try to prevent me; through fires, floods, and to foe that torment me.