All posts by Tony Burgess

Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

Wordless Wednesday

From the Veterans Bridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Pokemon Go Level 31 Achieved

I still play Pokemon Go. It’s fun and gets you out and about. I leveled up today. It took a long time to get to 31. Level 40 seems so far away.

Six Word Story

Rejection hurts, it does. It’s life.

From A Fortune Cookie, Strengths, Character and Serenity

The strengths in your character will bring you serenity.

I am a character alright and serenity is always welcome. Interesting to say the least.

A Cataclysmic Dream

The other night I had a really bad dream. I saw the world around me being destroyed building by building. People I loved were dying, society was crumbling. Places that meant a lot to me and a part of community were being leveled in a cascading fashion. Really it was horrible. Seeing the massive destruction of physical things seemed to impact me in what should be a nightmare. People were trying to find shelter from the chaos that was impacting everyone.

Maybe its about what we are seeing in reality. Dreams aren’t always literal but more symbolic. Changes in the world globally and locally mean that things that are familiar are coming down for new things or nothing at all.

I also fear changes in family and relationships. Life is always moving forward, never standing still so I have to adapt and perhaps this dream is a reminder that change is something I don’t have any control over. Forces outside my control will have their way with the world.

Everyone has cataclysmic dreams at one time or another. How we react to it says something about how we are as an individual.

Sometimes dreams are just dreams but sometimes they are a prediction about the future.