Dream a little dream…

Okay so I had this dream last night and just had to write it all down.

I was in Grade 12, I knew this because I had a Grade 12 jersey on.

I was with a group of friends when we stumbled across a little laneway we didn’t recognise.

We walked down it and found a school called “All Saints School”. I saw a guy standing against the railing, his name was Dan – he had a badge on. I’m pretty sure he was the school captain.

We were about to walk away and he said “Wait, Naomi, I have something I need to tell you.”

I said, “You don’t know who I am, why would you want to talk to me?”

He said, “I don’t know, I just have to”.

So I walked back over to him

He said, “I need you to go into that room over there and speak to the Grade 7 girls inside”

He told me they are bullies, always harassing each other, they name call, have low self esteem, hate themselves, are rude and don’t care.

He said, “No-one can get through to them but you can.”

I walked up to the door and the teacher answered and asked who I was.

I told her and she let me in

The classroom was filled with girls of all shapes and sizes. It was loud and crowded and smelled of sweat and perfume.

Girls were yelling at each other and bullying etc…

I tried to speak over the top of them. The teacher told me she never makes them quieten down when she is talking.

In the end, they did settle down.

I started talking to them about relationships, bullying, harassment, self esteem, depression, anxiety. It was all just pouring out of me like it was the most natural thing in the world.

I felt power when speaking.

I felt confident, I walked around the desks with confidence.

I spoke with authority and confidence.

The girls then all stood up and made a circle around me while I continued talking.

The circle wasn’t threatening, it was comforting and accepting.

In the end I said to them, “I want to leave you with this quote - Make your words soft and sweet, because some day you may have to eat them”.

I was trying to tell them that words have power for both yourself and others.

Then I woke up and felt such calm and steadfastness in my spirit…

That’s what I want to do in the future. I want to work with young girls and explore all these issues. Perhaps my dream of becoming a chaplain is the right thing….