Forrest Gump Dreams

Lately I have been having what I call Forrest Gump Dreams. Remember that scene in the movie “Forrest Gump” where Forrest is a boy and he is running from bullies but struggling to get away because he is wearing leg braces? Jenny yells “Run Forrest, run!” As he struggles to run the screws begin to come out of the braces and they break free and he sprints away as his pursuers toss their bikes in disgust. Except for the pursuers those are the kind of dreams I am having. For example, I may be walking (limping) down a street and suddenly I start to go faster and then I am running and in the dream I think to myself “wow, so I can run even though I can’t walk! This is great.” In another dream I am on my mountain bike flying down a canyon without any concern for my injured leg and I think “even though I cannot walk I can still go all out on the bike!” Alas, although I am riding my road bike like a man possessed, I cannot hit the trails yet because I cannot stand up on the pedals, and that is an essential pose in mountain biking. At least for a few moments in my dreams I can do those things that in real life are still quite far away.