Can we dream what we imagine? That was my thought last night as I lay in bed, only slightly fatigued from my training run and then the over 5 hours of shrub and lawn care amounting to over 22 miles of running and walking during the day. I wasn't mentally taxed as I'd been trying to revive the UltraRunner within me, once again. Yes, I had enough energy at 10:20pm last night to mentally imagine my ultimate peaceful presence with nature as some part of my future. I knew it would most likely be only an imagined dream in part of any future of any kind for me.
So, I proceeded in my mind's eye to envision a sunny, yet partly cloudy day, late morning, spring-like, my sitting on our back deck. I wondered what would be with me. First thought was a big, black bear. I knew I'd have to provide some food to show him I was his friend who only wanted to sit beside him. I wondered if he'd let me stroke his fur. Would it be safe? Yet, I would not touch him as he would be eating the salmon that I'd provided him.
Next, was a mountain lion and she would also need to be fed. I knew that it would take much meat to satisfy her and keep her calm and perhaps she would relax beside the bear in my presence as they ate together.
I then imagined a rescued whippet of no more than 30-40lbs, it was indeed an old velcro dog as I'd thought. She was to my left between the bear and I. And then to my right, about 4 feet from the mountain lion was a middle-aged yellow lab. He was provided with a chew toy of a sort. I wondered if bunnies could have been in the backdrop and yet not be harmed by the fox that joined the rest of us on the deck. I had the fox arrive already satiated. Everyone behaved. It was my ultimate dream of peace and curiosity.
I held that sight as I wondered the texture of the bears fur and if the mountain lion would allow me to touch her. I knew not to though. I had a dog on each side that would allow me to pet them on their heads and that was just fine.
What I was building was a euphoria where nature would survive and I'd dwell in it completely and remain attached to it without fear, yet being aware and mostly in wonderment and peace.
I'd eventually went to sleep with that imagination in my mind. I wondered upon waking this morning if our imagined thoughts could become some kind of reality and if it had, what would it look like?--- Jody-Lynn Reicher
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