Last night, no today early morning, I dreamt. Now that is nothing to be surprised about. Dreams are a recurring feature in my daily sleep routine. There are many days when I do not recollect what I dreamt about. Probably those days are when I wake up after a sleep and do not go back to sleep. Today morning, I decided to sleep on even after the alarm went off. The sleep later was not a deep sleep; maybe that is the reason why my dreams were vivid even after I got up from the bed.
The dream was a sequence, but what I remember is the portion just before I woke up. The scene goes like this....
I was at an office, seemed to be like a branch of a public sector bank. There was a small crowd outside milling around with a few security guards too (uniform worn by them makes me think that they were security guards). I handed over my jacket to one of the persons presuming that he would hang it at the peg in the doorway. However, I was surprised to see him wear my jacket. I got upset. The guard seemed to be an oldish looking man. I started shouting at him as to why he wore my jacket and doesn't he know manners, etc.
The guy though did seem apologetic though he didn't apologise. That upset me more and I demanded an apology from him. This attracted the crowd towards the scene of the verbal assault that I was heaping upon the poor soul. By now some employee from the bank too came along and wanted to know what the commotion was all about. I explained in an irritated tone that the guard wore my jacket when he was not supposed to do so. The employee apologised on behalf of the guard and intending to reprimand the guards started looking around for him, but by then the guard had slunk away.
Now the incident ended there - that is, I woke up from my dream induced sleep. I thought about my behaviour. Am I like that in actual practice? Do I get upset at poor old souls when they make an innocent and genuine mistake? Why should I get upset if someone wears my jacket? Is my jacket more important to me than the fleeting happiness that it would have given the guard? Such thoughts assailed me for the better part of the morning.
I should watch myself.
The dream was a sequence, but what I remember is the portion just before I woke up. The scene goes like this....
I was at an office, seemed to be like a branch of a public sector bank. There was a small crowd outside milling around with a few security guards too (uniform worn by them makes me think that they were security guards). I handed over my jacket to one of the persons presuming that he would hang it at the peg in the doorway. However, I was surprised to see him wear my jacket. I got upset. The guard seemed to be an oldish looking man. I started shouting at him as to why he wore my jacket and doesn't he know manners, etc.
The guy though did seem apologetic though he didn't apologise. That upset me more and I demanded an apology from him. This attracted the crowd towards the scene of the verbal assault that I was heaping upon the poor soul. By now some employee from the bank too came along and wanted to know what the commotion was all about. I explained in an irritated tone that the guard wore my jacket when he was not supposed to do so. The employee apologised on behalf of the guard and intending to reprimand the guards started looking around for him, but by then the guard had slunk away.
Now the incident ended there - that is, I woke up from my dream induced sleep. I thought about my behaviour. Am I like that in actual practice? Do I get upset at poor old souls when they make an innocent and genuine mistake? Why should I get upset if someone wears my jacket? Is my jacket more important to me than the fleeting happiness that it would have given the guard? Such thoughts assailed me for the better part of the morning.
I should watch myself.
