Ask Cupid To Teach You About Love

Thu., Feb. 17, 2000

Nancy Huseby Bloom The Spokes

Valentine’s Day is here again, giving Cupid an opportunity to visit us in our sleep. He knows that dreams are always fertile ground for “romance in the making.” He loves our dreams. Through them he titillates us, informs us and sometimes bowls us over. He can give us indications of love to come, visits with old loves and suggestions for making our present relationships deeper and exquisitely romantic.

Julie has never married and is now retired. An old beau from 30 years ago appears in her dream: I’m sitting next to Karl at a lecture. Although we don’t speak, I feel great affection for him. After the lecture he goes to another table, picks up a handful of Hershey kisses and places them in my pocket. No word is spoken, but I feel peaceful and happy. If this were my dream, Julie, I would look this man up. It’s never too late.

Jacy began having this dream almost nightly: I’m at a party with my mother, grandmother and my ex-husband’s mother. When Mom and Grandma get ready to leave, I decide to stay with my mother-in-law. I’m happy and content. After nearly a year of having this dream, Jacy was lovingly reunited with her former husband 13 years after their divorce.

Marge dreamed: I’m standing at a window looking out at a field of grass and the most beautiful wildflowers I’ve ever seen. A handsome blond man comes over and puts his arms around me, looks deep into my eyes and says, “I’m so happy. Will you marry me?” The feeling of love is incredible. One month after this dream she was introduced to her blond “dreamboat,” and they’ve been happily married for 10 years.

John had been happily married for nine years when he dreamed: I am visiting an old sweetheart. We walk along a beautiful beach in the moonlight, find a soft place in the sand and make love till dawn. Although John initially felt puzzled and guilty by this dream, he realized he was yearning for a more satisfying and sensual relationship with his wife. This dream was the catalyst and the motivation for cultivating more romance in his marriage, much to his wife’s delight.

Grace had this dream three weeks after her husband was brutally murdered: I am visiting with my husband. We speak of our undying love for each other and of our children’s future. I repeatedly say, “But you’re dead, right?” He answers, “Yes but we have this special time together.” Grace received much comfort from this dream.

Love never dies; it just changes form. It is what, as the song says, “makes the world go round.” Our dreams reveal that love has no bounds. It is timeless and limitless.

This is a good week to think about those people we love. Ask yourself, “How can I learn to experience more love in my life? Can I give more love than I have in the past? How can I learn to gracefully receive? What ideas and beliefs hold me back from being a more loving presence on this Earth?”

Invite Cupid into your life and your dreams this week. Ask him what he has in store for you this year. Ask him to teach you about love and how to walk on this Earth with a big heart.

What have your dreams revealed about your love life? If you have a dream about your relationship that you would like to share, please send it in.

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