People dream night and day and assume visions are inevitable. Yet, what they believe is not always truth. Every moment you can choose to transform your understanding.
For instance, death is a topic everyone knows about, but few people feel comfortable discussing it. How many people do you know who have pre-planned funerals and pre-written obituaries? You may sense impending doom, emptiness, or another reason to create fear and avoid the topic. What if you choose to nurture another perspective?
I used to sing in a choir with women much older than I. When it came to lyrics, they sometimes went so far as to omit verses that mentioned graveyards or references to 'passing on'. They preferred not to face the topic, thinking that would expedite what they did not want. They were superstitious as mentioning 'funeral' was almost taboo.
If you know anyone diagnosed with an illness, then you recognize how they react to what they hear. Some people accept the verdict as carved in stone. They resolve to die and wait for the grim reaper to arrive at a doorstep. Other people believe a diagnosis and prognosis are opinions. These people choose to positively perceive all conditions. Self-condeming burdens offer lessons just as peaceful reactions to crisis. You choose.
How you perceive your own dreams tells where you are in your own growth process. This is not a measurable place with longitude and latitude, but it is not the abyss either. Nothing is random. You interpret your experiences based on what you are prepared to accept. Different levels of love and fear exist. You choose a perspective, "in the now."