I had a dream the other night where I announced that I was leaving school. The reaction I got was nothing like I ever expected. People were sad to see me go. I especially recall an image from my dream. I was staring at many faces, many of them were actually crying because I was leaving. I was so moved and touched that I said, “well, maybe I won’t like it and I’ll come back.” Someone in my dream said that that was okay, that they would like that. But I remember feeling that the person who said this didn’t really think I was coming back, that he was saying it to make me feel better.
All this is a far cry from much of anything I’ve experienced in my life. If I left today, I don’t think my classmates would be sad to see me go. Certainly, there would be no one crying, wishing I would stay. It would be great to have friends that value me so much, they would tear up when I told them I was moving. But at this point in my life, I would be happy to have friends I can make plans with on weekends.
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