big dream

We all dream every night. More often than not we don't remember them, or if we do, they make little sense to our waking minds. And perhaps this is just as well. But occasionally we have what a native American friend of mine used to call a "Big Dream"- a dream whose details, however bizarre, we recall in every vivid detail and even sometimes remember for the rest of our lives. I had such a dream last night.

It began as what I call a "celebrity dream", where I was with 2 TV stars, viz Adam and Jamie from the Discovery channel's "Mythbusters". It was in one of those post apocalyptic scenarios so beloved of Hollywood, where the world's entire food supply is contaminated, and the human population has no option but to slowly starve to death, or commit suicide. I ask these 2 luminaries, who made their reputations from their intelligence and resourcefulness, what we could do. They are unanimous: Jamie says: Only 2 options: die slowly of starvation, or end it quickly, by one of the classical methods"
"What will you do?" I asked. They opted for the former, slow method. We had settled down near a steep precipice, and I began to think about option number 2. Did I really want to go the through the horrible, drawn out process of death by starvation?. And then I did it. All at once I was falling through the air, the wind rushing through my hair and found myself thinking, "Well! I never thought you had it in you- never thought you'd be so brave"
Then I woke up.