I started to drift off to sleep, and a female voice said, “Do you want to learn? I can show you how.” I somehow knew she was telling me she would teach me how to lucid-dream. I rolled my eyes in an attempt to mimic the REM cycle and hopefully enter the dream state. In response to the voice, I thought, “What do I do?” I turned over into a more comfortable position, and in the instant before I drifted off to sleep, the same voice said, “I’ll be there,” meaning that once I fell asleep, she’d be there waiting to guide me.

Then my alarm went off.

I pushed the button and went back to the same position I’d been lying in. I started to drift off once again, and had the same almost-lucid feeling. The voice told me gently, “Now do something.” I started to reach my arm out into the darkness in my dream. The alarm went off. I hit the button and turned back onto my other side and rolled my eyes again. As I finally drifted off, the alarm went off a third time, and I had to get up.

So incredibly beautiful, and so frustrating at the same time. I wish I could have stayed in bed for a few more hours, because I’m certain that I would finally have learned how to lucid-dream.

OneYearAgo