Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Rick Santorum, blah people , and me.





A few weeks ago (before he dropped out of the race,) I had a dream about Rick Santorum.

I dreamt we were in a church, and I was sitting in one of the pews. He had his head in my lap, and I was stroking his hair to comfort him about something--I don't know what. Then a group of beings (I don't know if they were people or monsters,) started to come into the church, and Rick and I ran away from them up towards the front. And then the dream was over.

Weird, huh? Though I'm not sure the last time anyone had a normal dream.

I know that I don't have strong positive feelings for Rick Santorum, so why was I stroking his hair in a church?

Then I remembered something that my old therapist told me when we were discussing one of my dreams. Yes, people really do talk about their dreams in therapy.

He told me to look at it as though each person in the dream was some manifestation of me.

Using this lens, I decided that what this dream was telling me was that I need to let more of the conservative side of my personality come out. Because to my unconscious mind, Rick Santorum represents conservative values. I also interpreted the horde of beings that chased us as backlash from liberal people of all races for expressing more conservative views.

Because that's the tricky thing about race: All the different groups have things that are generally accepted as being okay for them to say, and they have other ideas that they can say that will quickly get them labeled with some not so nice names. I have come to the conclusion that people can label me however they'd like, 'cause that's really all on them.

I am not trying to win some blacker than thou contest; I am keenly aware of how people might think I do (or don't) measure up. What I am trying to do is look for real solutions to problems that sometimes keep me up at night. I know what is in my heart, and ultimately that is what is most important.

So get ready to hear some more republican-y stuff. Maybe even this week if I am feeling particularly productive.

If you have comments you'd like to share, I'd love to hear them.





3 comments:

  1. You have WEIRD dreams! LOL! ;)

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  2. I'm with weezermonkey on this one - WEIRD.

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  3. Hummm ... how come you ID'ed with Santorum and not the hordes of people? Maybe they were all your internal voices telling the one voice who was playing with the idea how wrong it is for you to ID with Santorum.
    If you get all R'y, we are likely to have some R-Gu-Ments. That should be fun!

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