The Way My Mind Works…

Nightmares are a plague that I have lived with my entire life. They often leave me fatigued, trembling and worn out BUT

from the same mind that brings forth so many horrific images and unspeakable horror there also comes wonderful and magical lands. My mind provides both the terror and the enchantment. It’s simply the way it works.

At times, especially when I was younger, things I picture in my mind appear as cartoons. Colorful, exaggerated silly cartoons. When that happens it’s just fun and leaves me feeling happy and lighthearted.

More often, now that I’m older, what I hear or see starts more realistic images to form within my mind. A perect example of that happened recently while I was in my room concentrating on a rather boring task at hand. I was focused and all was quiet in the house until I heard a slight noise. A sound most likely made due to this old house settling some but from that barely noticeable sound my mind quickly created a detailed image of industrious faires all abruptly stopping what they were doing. I immediately envisioned numerous little fairy bodies standing perfectly still like minuscule statues within the walls of my room. In my mind I easily pictured a small group of them quieting their delicate, iridescent wings and holding their breath hoping I hadn’t heard. I imagioned a few of them turning to look in the direction of the one that so often was careless and made noise while working. Yep, there he stood looking down at a tiny tool that lay by his feet instead of hanging in it’s proper place on his tool belt.

For the next few hours I entertained myself as my mind fashioned details about a very sweet, but often clumsy, tiny figure.
As my mind created I journeyed deep into the life of a wee little seemingly unimportant being. In the end he stood strong and tall bearing a heros heart proving how ones physical size is not the true measure of what one has to offer.

Because of the way my mind works what started as a simple sound became a fantasy voyage into the life of a tiny, often clumsy, unassuming fairy with iridescent wings that for a moment stood as still as a statue behind a wall in my bedroom.

What fun!