Nightmares

An elderly man had horrible nightmares, the same event happening over and over in his dreams. He would dream that an enormous green dragon was chasing him, and he would become frantic. Then, just abou...

How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Ronald Rohlheiser begins his excellent book, Our One Great Act of Fidelity , with a story of a young girl. She had awoken from a nightmare, convinced that monsters had invaded her room and were comin...