Summer Session

Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun

Walking on a dream
How can I explain?
Talking to myself
Will I see again?

We are always running
For the thrill of it, thrill of it
Always pushing up the hill
Searching for the thrill of it

On and on and on
We are calling out and out again
Never looking down
I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me

Is it real now?
When two people become one
I can feel it
When two people become one

Thought I’d never see
The love you found in me
Now it’s changing all the time
Living in a rhythm
Where the minute’s working overtime

We are always running
For the thrill of it, thrill of it
Always pushing up the hill
Searching for the thrill of it

On and on and on
We are calling out and out again
Never looking down
I’m just in awe of what’s in front of me

Is it real now?
When two people become one
I can feel it
When two people become one

Is it real now?
When two people become one
I can feel it
When two people become one

Catch me, I’m falling down
Catch me, I’m falling down

Don’t stop, just keep going on
I’m your shoulder, lean upon
So come on, deliver from inside
All we got is tonight
That is right ‘til first light

Is it real now?
When two people become one
I can feel it
When two people become one

Is it real now?
When two people become one


Summer Session is just about over. Have you passed? Are you ready for fall courses?

Summer session was all about self-study. Spirit put us in a room and locked the door. In the corner of the room were two boxes. One held some of our greatest fears and the other a big ole manual.

Self-study can be the hardest kind. We are alone. Try as we might, no one comes to our beckon call. Some of us are sitting in that one chair, head down on the table banging our fists, “Why does it have to be this way? Why is it so hard? Haven’t I suffered enough?”

Meanwhile, the manual sits next to us on the table, unopened or unread.

Not all of us have been in self-study, but many of us have. Why? Because we signed up for fall courses (yet to come) and the self-study was a pre-requisite. “Fall courses? What’s this about fall courses?”

Well, are you sitting down? Don’t worry, it’s not that bad; no worse than the fall of 2008... maybe...

Don’t worry; some of you are going to meet your dreams and desires face-to-face this fall. Are you prepared? Maybe you should crack open that manual while it is still summer?

In case you’re still curious, self-study is all about meeting those parts of us we’ve hidden away for a while. Do you remember, for example, that part of you that makes you feel dump and vulnerable – like when you saw that boy or girl you really liked in 6th grade. Was it embarrassing when they laughed at you? Of course it was! It is not easy being naked in front of all of those peers, especially when you’re the only one.

So, why do we need this self-study for the next course? Well, for me, my dream can only be realized when all of me is present; “When two people become one” How can I be intimate with you if I am hiding a part of me in an iron safe?

I would wager that each one of us in self-study has a unique curriculum, a one-of-a-kind manual and a chair and table just a little different than everyone else. Some of the challenges may look the same, but what they are revealing?

So, what’s next is the fall. Fall, when traditional school starts up again; when we get reacquainted with our pals and when we are all in the same classroom again. “So, Johnny, what did you learn over the summer?” the teacher asks? “Oh, that’s very good Johnny; we are going to need someone around here who knows how to do that! This is a very important fall, Johnny. I’m glad you are here with us.”

This is just a hunch, but it feels like we are going to be working together a lot more this fall than we have been. That problem we needed to solve for ourselves? Well, I’m sure we’ll help a dozen others with something similar.

“Excuse me, teacher? My summer was not very fun. I spent a lot of time alone, scared and I cried a bunch too. I don’t see how that is any help to anyone”

“Well, Suzy, someone this fall is going to lose something that was very dear to them and they are not going to understand it. Do you think you can be with them when they cry? Would you be able to cry with them? Can you be a shoulder to cry on?”

“I’m still crying every day, so that’ll be easy!”

“Good. Then you’ll be the one picked to help the other when the time comes.”

I started this blog entry with the lyrics to a song that really touched me this weekend, Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun. I feel like a bookmark is being laid on the time line of my life. “Pay attention to this moment because this is the weekend when you walked through a doorway into the rest of your life”

There is something in the lyrics of that song that feel so profound. I’m gonna keep listening...

“Don’t stop, just keep going on
I’m your shoulder, lean upon

So come on, deliver from inside
All we got is tonight
That is right ‘til first light

Is it real now?
When two people become one
I can feel it
When two people become one...”