In limbo

Yesterday, I went to the movies with my brother and sister. Although I was taken aback by the fact that my brother initiated the whole sibling outing, I enjoyed it thoroughly. With less than a month before I leave, time to spend with them is becoming more precious. We went to go see Inception. The first three words that come to my mind when asked to describe the movie are; insane, masterpiece, mind-boggling. (Yes, that's one word - it's hyphenated!) The movie Inception is complicated to say the least. But, the one thing that's always at the center of discussion is how to tell the difference between reality and a dream. How do you know that your dream is a dream. And how do we know that what we perceive to be reality, is really only a dream. Or sometimes do we go through reality, longing to return to the dream world? The whole concept of dreams is such a huge subject. Are dreams our perception of reality or are they merely a figment of our imagination? In the movie, Leonardo Dicaprio's character was in limbo - the deepest stage of the dreamworld. But to him, this dream world was his reality. (Don't worry, I'm not going to spoil the movie for you if you haven't seen it yet.) So I pose this question, are you living in a dream or in reality? Are you making reality your dreamworld? Weird, huh? I honestly think that the term in limbo refers to the unknown world. When you say, "My job security is in limbo," you're really saying, "I don't know if I'll have my job tomorrow or not." So is your reality in limbo? Or is your dreamworld in limbo?