Thread: are you always lucid?

I like Roland3tr's post. If you read that and the one above it, it shows that it is really a matter of thinking about it constantly, and sticking to it for years. He has 16 years of practice! It would be silly and short sighted to be jellous of what he can do, unless you have been sticking to it for at least a decade! I remember how frustrated I was at first. My first dream goal was simply to see an image of me holding a sword. That simple goal took about 1/2 a year! Now if I set a goal, I may be lucky and do it in my next dream, or within a couple weeks anyways.
I just woke up and had an LD that is another example of how my dreams vary dramaticly, even after all my experience, and fits this thread perfectly. The level of control and lucidity change from dream to dream. In this one I had a very long running vivid non-lucid/ lucid mix. The dream went on for about an hour. In my real life I was contacted in a friendly manner, by an old friend who has been giving me nothing but contempt for 7 years. My brain wanted to fret over the subject in my dreams, even if I wanted a nice pleasent LD. In the dream I would be with him, his new wife, and his loyal friends. I would worry he really intended on poisoning me or what ever. Then I would do a RC, gain reasonable lucidity and fly away from them. I would screw around for about 3 minutes, then there they were again, and I would fall right back into a non-lucid full of all the mental anxiety. That cycle repeated 5 times! So, in an hour long dream, I am lucky if I got 15 minutes total lucidity. My brain wanted to work out its issues in a non-lucid, and fully intended on battling me for the right to do so.
I think it would probably be un-natural and bad for someone to "always be lucid" because non-lucid dreams seem to serve an important function.

Oh, just a P.S.- look at Roland3tr's and my dream count. How many hundreds of those did it take to get good control over things? As in hundreds! Effort and work, plus many years. Every one of you who is under 90, will get there, if you stick to it! Enjoy every step along the way.