Dream Silas
Bio
I love to write about love, the beautiful, and the natural world.
Stories (31/0)
7 Fun Ways to Learn Japanese
We are all used to the boring ways on how to learn and study a language. From working through textbooks, doing endless pages in workbooks, embarrassing yourself in front of native speakers, or beating yourself over the head with grammar points.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Education
The Medium Through Which I Saw Her
I don't recall truly how I began. At some point, I just was. There became such thing as 'me' and 'I' in an explosion of awareness of myself and my beingness. But this grand awareness happened because I was noticed by her. She was quite small compared to me and she had no trouble moving. I, on the other hand, could only be put in motion when I'd politely ask the warm breeze to move me. And even then, my draping leaves would be the only thing moving and the greater part of me remained motionless.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Humans
Quit Monkeyin’ Around and Run For The Hills
I observe my surroundings from my cage with my warm hands clamping the frigid metal fence and my eyes passing from person to person. My attention was held by the final tent that had been mounted into the ground by the tired, angry workmen. It now stood 33 feet into the glum, cloudy sky.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Humans
"There's a Science Fiction in the Space Between You and Me"
Dear Ms. Chapman, You were my true introduction to folk music/Americana music and it has become the background music to my slow living lifestyle. I only listen to Americana because I love the style and the way it makes me feel.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Beat
The Parting Pages for Little Lady
I watched in expectancy and sure heartbreak as he sat at the foot of my bed writing smoothly on the sorry pages of my little black book. The book was filled with cryptic farewells and empty apologies and he, so sadly, was now adding to my disaster of a collection. I continued to pretend to be asleep and tried to focus my watering eyes on his back faced so permanently toward me.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Humans
The Show That Always Has Me Saying "You Gotta Be Kidding Me..."
Ok, you've caught me! Yeah, I've watched almost every episode for the past 8 years, and yeah sure, these days I sit down in front of the tv every week and watch new episodes with my sister while eating corn cakes... but can you really blame me? The show is absolutely ridiculous, but it is the right kind of ridiculous. I mean, almost every time I watch a new episode I'm thinking to myself
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Geeks
Call Us Back to This Place Without a Cause
06 August 2009 - Thursday - Journal Entry 9:02 pm I thought it would be a good idea to start recording my day down here in this journal. I heard that journaling helps people with anxiety and can maybe help me understand my emotions better. I plan to also doodle a bit in here. I feel it will help me express myself better. This journaling thing will probably also help me with discipline as I plan to journal every night right before bed.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Futurism
Welcome To The Cloffice
During the fall of last year, I went into my small walk-in closet to throw clothes carelessly into the hamper like I usually do, and I was met with a literal nightmare of a scene. Clothes were everywhere, insinuating that my aim at throwing clothes in the hamper was really off, and it looked completely disorganized and unkempt. I wasn't using my closet wisely nor did I appreciate the space that I had. I was simply taking it for granted and I started to feel really bad about it.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Lifehack
No More Only Giving Half Of Myself
Well Dream, it's the 31st of December, 2021 and you've done it! Everything that you said you would accomplish this year was accomplished by you. Your theme for this year of your life was to demonstrate perfect self-expression in all areas of your life. You were bored with only being half of the self you knew you really were inside and you were tired of only giving the world the lesser half of yourself. You were in complete awe of the young woman living as you so vibrantly in your imagination. She was completely dynamic and you loved how she approached the world, how she looked at life, and how there was no separation between who she was being and who she wanted to be. You wanted to be more like the imaginary you living in your mind and you made a decision to fully embody her.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Motivation
A Thousand Thank-yous
Every morning before I open my eyes and every night before I drift to sleep I practice appreciating all the lovely things in my life. I do this by assembling various images of the things I love most in my life to the front of my mind and then repeatedly saying 'thank you' over and over with my inner voice and a deep sense of appreciation. I stop when I reach one thousand 'thank yous'.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Humans
The Time I Experienced a Perfect Miracle
I find that there is so much beauty in the world and I love my life. I have not always felt this way but after a long string of both unfavorable and favorable experiences in my life, I have concluded that I live a very beautiful life. Every day is really a miracle for me and I am always in a perpetual state of awe, appreciation, and grace. I remember being very depressed as a young child until I was about 21 years old. My life seemed so bleak and nothing seemed to have any real meaning to me. My favorite part of the day was sleeping and I could not wait for the day to be over so that I could sleep for 9 hours. I hated my waking life and much preferred my dream life. I was terrified of the future and where I would end up. I could not find any sort of silver lining and I would recurrently wish that my life was over.
By Dream Silas3 years ago in Psyche