This morning I woke up after a very intense dream. Usually I don’t remember my dreams, but this one was quite disturbing. In the dream I was driving my car on a usual route from my home to work. Suddenly a big gap in the road appeared in front of my car, as if some construction work was going on. I managed to stop the car just a few millimeters from the hole in the ground, avoiding an accident. The hole was very deep and falling in would have caused injury or even death. I remember thinking that someone should put up a warning sign!
At that very moment another car came down the road so fast that it couldn’t stop on time and crashed right into the hole. The car was a wreck and I was sure that there were no survivors. I remember calling the ambulance and this is where the dream ended. The weird thing was that the car looked just like mine.
So I got up, got ready and headed of to work as usual. A few minutes after I left the parking space and headed downtown a speeding car jumped in front of me from a side street. The guy who was driving was talking on a cell phone and wasn’t paying attention to the road. I hit the brakes and luckily managed to stop my car early enough to avoid crashing into the other car. As my heart pounded like crazy of the excitement the first thing that rushed through my mind was the dream.
It may sound like a coincidence but I am certain of one thing: in a way I already knew that the accident was going to happen and subconsciously my attention was higher than usual. As a result I was able to react more promptly.
So if someone asked me if dreams can save lives I would say yes, I do believe so. And I have a story to prove it.
Danijel Gajan 