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April 14, 2018 by Betty Hayes Albright

What is it

that makes us dream

an alternate reality

as if such possibility

had fleshed in,

begot life?

Re-posted from 2012, originally written in 1981.

Photo taken in 2008.

32 Responses

on April 14, 2018 at 5:08 pm | Reply smilecalm

makes me wonder,
also, Betty?
and it happened
long before
facebook 🙂

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- on April 14, 2018 at 9:01 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Indeed, looooong before. 😉
  Thank you for reading and commenting, David.
  
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on April 14, 2018 at 5:09 pm | Reply slpmartin

Maybe dreaming is the one thing that seems real in such an unreal world these days.

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- on April 14, 2018 at 9:04 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Sometimes I wish we could dream ourselves into a whole new kinder and gentler world, Charlie.
  
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on April 15, 2018 at 6:02 am | Reply willowdot21

This is very deep Betty 💜🌹

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- on April 15, 2018 at 2:56 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Willow. 🙂
  (Am on my PC for a change, so no emoji’s, alas! Maybe ❤ will work for a heart.)
  
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  - on April 15, 2018 at 3:04 pm | Reply willowdot21
    
    Yes excellent it worked 💜
    
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    - on April 15, 2018 at 3:14 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
      
      Can’t make flowers, though. 🙂 ❤ ❤
      
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      - on April 15, 2018 at 3:35 pm | Reply willowdot21
        
        (°^°)
        
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        on April 15, 2018 at 3:41 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
        
        🐦 🙂
        
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on April 15, 2018 at 6:19 am | Reply Sue Dreamwalker

May we keep on Dreaming Betty and manifest Beauty instead of the Beast..
Lovely Poem Betty.. and Image..
Love and Blessings

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- on April 15, 2018 at 2:59 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Sue….I’m too am hoping Humanity will succeed in manifesting a better world. We must!
  Love and blessings back to you.
  
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  - on April 16, 2018 at 7:52 am | Reply Sue Dreamwalker
    
    ❤ yes we must! ❤
    
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on April 15, 2018 at 6:39 am | Reply OwnShadow

A profound thought, memorably put – the sterility of fantasy despite it being part of our nature and to some degree essential. It’s always been a dilemma, never more so than now with the ubiquity of the internet.

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- on April 15, 2018 at 3:05 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  I’m hoping we can take the path (via our dreams, visualizations) into a new paradigm – a more positive one. (An alternate reality, so to speak.) The choice is with us – just a matter of realization. Thanks very much for your comment! 🙂
  
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on April 15, 2018 at 8:02 am | Reply Baydreamer

Beautiful poem, and a deep question, Betty. 💗💗💗

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- on April 15, 2018 at 3:07 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thanks very much, Lauren. ❤ ❤ ❤
  Hope you've been having a good weekend!
  
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on April 15, 2018 at 8:25 am | Reply Sharon Bonin-Pratt

Considering alternate possibility when life is bleak?

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- on April 15, 2018 at 3:11 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Yes….I haven’t given up hope. The world has become a scary place (even scarier than when I wrote this!) Thank you, Sharon.
  
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on April 15, 2018 at 8:28 am | Reply Sharon Bonin-Pratt

Just noticed the title – of course.

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on April 15, 2018 at 9:10 am | Reply rivrvlogr

Maybe, just once, a solution will appear, one that stays on waking.

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- on April 15, 2018 at 3:13 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Yes! I keep thinking if we just keep visualizing…. Thank you Ken.
  
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on April 15, 2018 at 3:22 pm | Reply willowdot21

°•° 🌻🌻

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- on April 15, 2018 at 3:40 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Back on my phone now. 💐🌸💕🍀
  
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  - on April 15, 2018 at 4:01 pm | Reply willowdot21
    
    Ah! And a plethora of flowers appears! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻💞💜🐇
    
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    - on April 15, 2018 at 4:04 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
      
      Love such a beautiful manifestation!
      🌸🌼💮🌹🌻💐🏵️🍀🥀🌸😍❤️
      
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      - on April 15, 2018 at 4:12 pm | Reply willowdot21
        
        💜I have to go to bed now night 💜
        
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        on April 15, 2018 at 4:12 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
        
        Sleep well! 😴
        
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        on April 15, 2018 at 10:35 pm | Reply willowdot21
        
        Thank you 💜
        
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on April 17, 2018 at 4:14 pm | Reply Bela Johnson

Begot, begets, begetting … our only restriction to accessing these alternate realities lies in the need to be present to one only. They are all there, fanned out or stacked in holograms like a hand or deck of cards. Nice offering, Betty! ❤

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- on April 17, 2018 at 6:30 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Bela, thank you – I like that way of picturing the alternate realities. Also they’re like different frequencies we’re able to tune in to. We can choose. 😍💕
  
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  - on April 17, 2018 at 9:25 pm | Reply Bela Johnson
    
    We can.
    
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