Last night I had a flurry of odd dreams with a host of signs and symbols. I keep a dream dictionary next to my bed and usually reach for it after waking and something I dreamed really bugged me. So this morning, I turned to my bedside table and flipped the pages to make sense of what my subconscious had conjured up the night before. Three symbols stuck out to me...one was a mouse. It was a small mouse and he was being dangled in front of my face. For whatever reason, in this dream I wasn't afraid and was only mildly concerned as the person holding him threatened to kill him. Huh, excuse me...I'm a punk. If someone was dangling a mouse in front of my face, animal lovers will hate me for this, I would probably vote for a quick execution ( or a even quicker..get it out of my face!!!!!) So I was anxious to find out what seeing this little critter meant. According to the dream gurus...it was a precautionary sign, a warning that I should be careful in my dealings with people, both personally and professionally. Score One for "Warning".
The second symbol in my dream was a toddler. He was an adorable little thing and I was holding him and kissing him. He wasn't my child. He was a friend's baby as I was staying at their home..(you know how dreams shift setting and context so quickly). Next thing I know, this cute, adorable thing is using a cloth harness to descend from the second floor balcony to the patio below. The rope for the harness is thick and buoyant so his little feet softly play patty-cake with the floor until he stops bouncing and released him from the rope. He then comes smiling and walking into my open arms and that's when I realize he does not have any arms. He does, however, have hands. His hands are coming from his shoulders. My heart breaks at this sight and I wake up. Again, I look up the symbol for child. Usually children are a good omen...unless they are sick or disfigured in some way. If they are, yes, it is a symbol of warning in personal matters.
Finally, I looked up the meaning of lake or water. I remembered a large lake from which one of the rooms I was staying looked out over. The interesting part of it was that the closer I got to the window, I could see that the waters were actually raging. The water was frothy from waves and a murky green-blue. If you'll been paying attention...you can guess what this symbol represented.
At this point of my diatribe, I'd like to make two points...I am not as strange as these dreams suggest and I do not think I can predict my future with dreams. I do, however, that if you pay attention...dreams provide a window into what we may already know to be true in our subconscious lives. Having said this, one would think that I would be extra cautious about my personal dealings today. No such luck! I got into a huge argument with an old friend of mine and said some awful things. That would normally be enough...Not for me! It so happens that today is her birthday! Can you believe that??? It seems that the signs were there...I just thought it meant that someone would do something with me or maybe I should be a little weary of others when it turned out, the signs were really for me. I was supposed to be cautious about how I deal with others. Dang! I really thought I was going to get it right today. Therefore, after several apologies, I hope she can forgive me and I can somehow stop kicking myself in the pants for not paying attention to the signs that were right in front of me the whole time! Thank goodness it's Friday. I need to boogie before I blog about "New Literacies". It has been some week.
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