Hey everyone what is up?

So quick question, well not really quick but yeah here we go

My whole life, ever since i can remember, I have been able to control my dreams, I have gotten better at it over time of course but I can honestly never remember a time where I couldn't wake myself up (more basic) or be able to fly using several methods all together (more advanced I suppose). I've never read anything about Lucid Dreaming before last night after watching the movie "Waking life" or "Awakening Life" or whatever its called. I've known for probably about 4 years now that what I'm able to do is pretty special. I've asked a lot of friends if they too can control their dreams, needless to say i'm the only one out of my group. I've found answers in my dreams, I've predicted things from my dreams (predicted, told someone else just to prove I was gonna be right, and then watched their amazment). But what I'm really wondering is...

How common is this? I mean i know for some people they have to practice and learn how to become more conscious in their dreams but.. How common is it to just pick this up? I have no Indian Ancestory, no like witchcraft lines in my family or anything, i'm just this Kansas City boy that is a dreamer. I've always just found it really weird that I could control my dreams yet no one else I know (friends, families, drunk acquaintances, etc) can do it.

By the way, I just wanted to say it is an awesome feeling to finally find other people that know what I'm going threw in that other world we call dreaming.

-Zymotic-