Possibly but I don't see it as the worst possible scenario, in the dream I am ready to go and without regret and more like a relief. I have often been in difficult situations but rarely have I felt helpless or out of control but that's what I do, I'm a fixer by nature and profession so for me bad problems are just more interesting to fix, more of a challenge and more profitable for me as well.

A plausible interpretation except that confidence has never been something I lacked. generally or specifically. I know the soldier is going to kill me the moment he smiles at me, he does a little shoulder check just before he approaches and I'm not afraid at all, instead I am resigned and even content. I've had a good run but the world has gone to hell in a hand cart and I know it's my time to get off the ride. The sound of my skull crunching is pretty bad though, makes me grit my teeth just thinking about it, the pain actually isn't too bad, more of an assisted suicide than a murder. Oh, I also know that I am 73 years old in the dream, don't know why but I know it and also the city is Philadelphia but a lot has changed.

@Surfpirate make plans to emigrate in your later years!

Damn that's too bad, I felt a little sorry for him.

I've never spoken with Jesus, how was he as a person? Just curious and glad your life changed for the better and that you are still an Atheist.

@Surfpirate I was like in an outside bar and he was next to me, I recognized him and noded like you do someone you barely know and he simply told me " how you like the thing I arranged for you with the number 6?" I have no idea what he was talking about but I went on about my biz. That was Friday... well Sunday happen to be the 6th and something I was not expecting or looking forward to happen occurred changing a lot of my current life. Cant tell to any xian in my life because they will run with the football. I did mentioned to my sister on saturday without details. Just that I saw him on dream or hallucination. Was pretty vivid. I may not remember it in a couple weeks. I am a pretty relaxed, no stress kind of fella. Still a non militant Atheist, I am not at war with god, church or religion.

@GipsyOfNewSpain He's kinda of vague isn't he? Odd that he would ask how you liked something that hadn't happened yet, how are you supposed to answer that? It would have been much better if he had said something like 'bet $666 on the 6th horse in the 6th race on May the 6th.' Maybe that's why they say 'and then I woke up and it had all been just a dream'.

@Surfpirate it did ocurred to me, I am 6 minutes away from Maryland Live Casino. But I don't gamble, fish or hunt.

I have a pretty active dream life, I feel it's better than just being comatose for a third of my life and even if I die in my dream I still wake up in the morning.

It was a horrible dream the first few times but I got used to it. Maybe it means nothing, maybe it's an indicator of how my life ends and if it is then I will know what's coming. I do find it keeps me in touch with my mortality and that helps me live more meaningfully, every morning I wake up is a pleasant surprise.