People dream because as Sigmund Freud said, that dreams are all about wish-fulfillment at the unconscious level. While in children the dreams are straightforward, the adults’ dream are complex and anxiety dreams and nightmares are an outcome of the failures of dream works.

There are some interesting facts about dreams that one may not wish to ignore:

People who are visually impaired after birth, can see images in their dreams. People who are born visually impaired have vivid dreams involving the other senses of tactility, olfactory, sound and emotion.

If you wake up in 5 minutes while watching a dream, half the dream is forgotten. In 10 seconds, 90% of the dream is erased.

An interesting anecdote to the dream sequence is Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s dream and one of his famous poems.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the famous English poet had a fantastic dream. When he woke up he wrote down his dream, only 54 lines. Around half way through, he was interrupted by a “Person from Porlock”. Coleridge could never remember the rest of his dream. So his poem remained incomplete. The poem went on to be one of the masterpieces in the history of English Literature called Kubla Khan.

Our body is completely paralyzed during our sleep. This may be in order to prevent the body from acting out aspects of our dreams.

One third of most people’s lives is spent asleep and a considerable amount of that sleeping time is spent dreaming.

In the average lifetime, a person will have spent a good six years in dream sleep which is equal to 2,100 days of dreaming.

There are records of dreams going back to as early as 4000 years. Roman senators in the ancient world have engaged dream interpreters before making vital political and social decisions.
Even if one does not remember a dream, a human being dreams between four and seven times each night. The average person spends two hours per night sleeping, and has from four to seven dreams during that time.

It is still a great amount of work that has to be done to find out what causes dreams or why people dream. However, they remain an interesting phenomenon in the lives of human beings.

Roses have a very deep meaning since time immemorial. A red rose is a symbol for love and a combination of red and white roses imply unity.

Since Victorian times, suitors would present a bouquet to the one they had feelings for or would desire to have a relationship with. The flowers played a vital role in this social activity. These bouquets are were in those days known as “tussie-mussies” and every courtship started with the rose bouquet.

Red roses say “ I Love You” which also stand for respect and courage. Rosebuds symbolize beauty, youth and a heart that is innocent and blooming of love. You are beautiful and young. Red rosebuds also mean pure and charming.

Pink roses imply mushy love and also stand for respect and courage. They also symbolize grace and gentility. There are more subtle shades of meaning, choose deep pink that stands for gratitude and appreciation. A lighter shade implies admiration and sympathy. Yellow roses stand for joy and gladness. A combination of red and yellow imply joviality and happy feelings.

There are coral or orange roses that symbolize enthusiasm and desire. A burgundy rose means unconscious beauty. Pale colors convey sociability and friendship. Hybrid tea roses mean “I’ll remember you always” and sweetheart roses symbolize what their name implies. When two roses are wired together to form a single stem, symbolize an engagement or wedding.

A fully bloomed rose placed over two buds is a sign of a clandestine affair. Withered white roses imply fleeting beauty. A head crown of roses signifies reward or virtue.

There are different colors of roses representing various feelings and emotions. Most rose cultivators have a personal favorite as far as the color is concerned. The red rose expresses long and symbolized love and relationships. Red roses are also seen as classic.

Pink roses are usually given as gifts and grown by gardeners. Pink roses can mean a lot of things. A shade of darker pink would be for someone with a wild and outgoing personality and a pale pink for someone who is reserved and calm.

White roses represent a love that is very pure and everlasting true love . They can be an excellent gift for a fiance, a spouse on any anniversary or the birth of a child.

The rose is a symbol and the signature red has attracted millions of people for ages. A rose indeed is one of the most superior flowers and enjoys the highest order in the floral family.