We Can Even Share Our Dreams

 “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

                        

                                                                    -Elbert Hubbard

  

   

    “Good morning Elodie!” I cheerfully greet one of my closest friends, while I sit across a small table from her. “Could you be so kind as to enlighten me on what you dreamt last night?” I grinned, my questioning gaze boring into her thoughtful eyes, resulting in a small laugh from her pursed lips.

    

   “Well, I guess I could bring you into the realm of my bizarre dreams; however, I can’t seem to recall last night’s dream very well.” She sighed, leaning her elbow upon the glossy brown table, while her delicate hand cupped her chin.

  

    I arch one of my eyebrows high. “Really?”  I remark sarcastically. “Are you sure? I thought you remembered your dreams because you found them so unusual.”  I smiled demurely, my eyes sparkling with victory.

    

   Elodie laughed hard, and grinned back. “Hmmm, how does one begin a tale as

complicated as a dream?” She leaned back in her high backed brown chair, “Well, the dream was like any other day where I pick my sister up from her school; eventually, as I was driving home my mother and younger brother suddenly appeared in the van with my sister and I. Then all of a sudden we appeared in front of the house on Bull Mountain where my brother’s friend resides, which is when my brother proceeded to get out of the van to hang out with his friend.” She paused to sip her hot tea.

   

     I leaned forward, “So, do you know why you dropped your brother off?”

   

    “No. However, it was strange because I dropped him off after night had descended. I proceeded to look for my GPS because I was unsure of where I had to go next, but suddenly the perspective of my dream changed. For an instant, I was seeing myself looking for the GPS from outside of the van. After my perspective had changed back to first person again, I was still driving, but this time the headlights were unbelievably bright. My mother and sister were still in the van with me as we looked for some unknown place; however, my mother was yelling at me as I drove around.”

    

   “Why was she yelling?” I inquire politely.

   

    “I can’t remember.” She furrows her brow as if in remembrance.

    

   “That’s alright.” I smile, “I would still enjoy listening to the rest of your dream.”

    

   “Well, after I drove around for awhile I ended up in a desert like area. There was an entrance that I had decided to enter that resembled the entrance of the Oregon Zoo. As I drove through this entrance, my van was enclosed on the sides by imposing warehouse buildings.”

   

She frowns and looks thoughtfully at her cup of tea, “ I parked at my mother’s request, and was immediately come over with dread as we walked inside of the nearest warehouse that had an interior resembling that of Costco. I was fearful because there were men I didn’t know making shelves, they had a child with them in a small, red, electric car that I decided to play with; meanwhile, my mother had asked the men if we could get a ride with them because we had become lost.” She sits back and sips her tea as she looks to me for a response.

    

“That’s all of your dream I assume?” I asked, eagerly awaiting more details.

    

She laughs. “Yeah, that’s all of my dream. So, what do you think?”

   

“Well, why don’t we take a look at this website I recently discovered to help us in the interpretation of your dream.” We walk to the computer in my room, and pull up the following definitions on Dreammoods.com. (As pertaining to Elodie’s dream)

 

Brother: Seeing your brother symbolizes some aspect of your relationship with him. This could also indicate that someone in your waking life has aspects/behaviors similar to those of your brother.

 Car: Driving a car could signify your willingness and drive to move from one stage of your life to another. If you’re driving the car, this could indicate that you’re taking an active role in the direction your life is heading. A parked car could indicate your need to stop and enjoy life, or you could be spending energy needlessly on fruitless endeavors.

 Deserts: Walking through a desert could symbolize misfortune and loss. This could also be indicating a loneliness, feelings of isolation and hopelessness. You could also be feeling deserted or left behind.

 Mother: Seeing your mother in your dream could represent the nurturing aspect of yourself. Mothers provide shelter, comfort, life, guidance and protection. Seeing your mother in your dream could also indicate you may be having problems freeing yourself from your mother to seek your own development and individuality.

 Mountain: Mountains could signify major obstacles and challenges yet to overcome.

 Narrow: This could indicate some struggle in your life journey. You are feeling restricted and confined. This could also indicate narrow-mindedness.

 Sister: Could Indicate an aspect of your relationship with her. She could also be drawing attention to the role you play in your family. Someone you know may be exhibiting similar attributes/behaviors as your sister.

 Night: There could be obstacles and setbacks in achieving your goals. You could be facing an issue that isn’t obvious, or these issues should be put aside to come back to later with a clear head.

 Warehouse: This suggests you could be putting your ambitions and goals on hold. This could be referring to memories. Also, this could be indicating stored energy and resources.

 Yelling: This could be indicating repressed anger that needs to be expressed.

    After we finish with our readings on the computer, Elodie returns to her previous seat at the glossy brown table; she places her elbows once again upon the table while she rests her chin on top of her intertwined fingers and glances thoughtfully out the window. I pour her a new cup of hot tea, and then proceed to make myself another cup of coffee.

As I carefully place my coffee upon the table, and make myself comfortable upon the hard chair; Elodie’s gazed upon me, her eyes looking full of thoughtful questions, “I understand the meaning of those individual definitions, but,” she pauses looking unsure. She releases her entwined fingers, and places her chin on top of a half curled delicate hand. “How do we glean meaning from my dream when my dream wasn’t as direct as those definitions we discovered?”

“Dreams are subjective,” I reply. I returned her inquisitive gaze with a thoughtful gaze of my own, “I haven’t had the same experiences as you, and I can provide you my own interpretation of the dream from the details you have generously given; I’ll provide my thoughts in the hopes that it’ll assist you discovering what the dream means to you.” I smile reassuringly, while trying to form connections to the definitions to her dream.

Elodie laughs. “Wow. This is way more complicated than I thought it was going to be.” She smiles while she sips her tea, readily awaiting my thoughts.

I laugh softly. I arch an eyebrow, “So, you believe you can handle my thoughts?” I ask playfully.  

“Of course I can,” She purses her lips, amusement evident in her big brown eyes. “Do you recall that time I believed my phone was broken because it continuously binged for like five minutes straight?” I smirk mischievously and chuckle. “All that ‘binging’ was because you were unable to keep your loving thoughts of Elves to yourself. I think I can handle your thoughts on my dream, plus I’m genuinely interested in what your opinion.”

  I smile and take a deep breath, “Maybe by your dream is trying to make you aware of the fact that you play a big role in the lives of your family members because you are driving them around in your dream. Also, with dropping your brother off could be indicating that there could be an obstacle interfering with your relationship with him, and that maybe you find the responsibilities of a child appealing because they don’t have to worry about too many responsibilities.” I sip my coffee, while I continue to ponder the meaning of her dream.

  

“That seems like a reasonable thought, please continue.” She slowly drinks her tea,

she furrows her brow and looks ponderously at the rain falling on the windowpane.

   

I lean my head on my hand thoughtfully, “Maybe even if you don’t remember what your mother was yelling about when you were unsure of where you were headed, I believe it could symbolize that you could be mad at yourself for not knowing where you desire to be in life. You could also be ready to move onto the next stage of your life, however, you feel like you are alone, isolated from everyone, and afraid of what this new stage in your life could be, especially because you don’t know where it will lead you. Your fear could also be making you feel restricted because you may be putting your goals on hold because of this fear, or you could even be putting your goals for this new stage of your life on hold for your family.” I sit back and hope that she finds my thoughts helpful in her pursuit of finding the meaning of that dream.

   

She sat in silence looking thoughtfully out the window, her lips pursed and a furrowed brow.

   I am grateful to have a friend provide me a dream to analyze this week. I greatly enjoyed writing this blog and learned more about how to analyze my own dreams. When I was writing this blog it didn’t seem that I was sitting at my computer for hours writing this up, but in the end I didn’t care because I’m satisfied with this work. Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed it! :D

“I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”

                                     -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

*Notes

     My friend’s name has been changed to Elodie for privacy.

                                           Pssst: She enjoyed reading this blog ;D

Sources:

“Dream Dictionary.” Dream Moods. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.

    <http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/>.

“Quotes About Friendship.” Goodreads. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.

     <http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/friendship>.

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