This dream was from last Saturday:

Two dreams last night. The first one had some sort of reenactment from Pirates of the Caribbean--some sort of sword fight I think. But then there were ghosts. I frequently have dreams like this, some unknown force is going to be unleashed, some ghosty thing. I don't remember the details now. I wake up suddenly and in a fright. It took me a second to realize it was a dream. The second dream I was wandering around this huge corporation--my bosses had left and I didn't have anything to do so I kept wandering around--through a grocery store, a long stair case, an empty lunch room.

...Do other people dream like I do?

I've been studying self-control for the last 4 days:

1 Peter 5:8-10 "Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself RESTORE you and make you STRONG, FIRM, and STEADFAST."

God has to give it to you somehow. It is given through grace. And I think just now: Self-control is a lion-tamer. The lion-tamer creates direction and purpose. Is wary and aware. Is awake and on watch. Not always in action but always present.

I've been wondering too--what's the difference between being wronged and feeling wronged? Ultimately, does it matter? Don't you have to go through the same steps no matter what?