Dreams

I wonder, if you're having trouble, do you not dream? I've had 3 doses of the Depacote now (actually the generic substitute) and I had a dream when I went to lie down for a nap. I realized I haven't had a dream in a long time.

I was driving (and in the dream it was actually my car-a PT Cruiser), but I wasn't in the driver's seat. I was in the back seat on the passenger's side. But I could steer and brake. My car came up to a traffic light that was green, but there was a lady crossing the street against the light. As she got in my lane, she realized she was crossing against the light and stopped. Dead still in my lane. And just stood there. I had to slam on my brakes or hit her. The people on the curb started shouting to her that she was in the middle of street and that she was in the wrong. She said "The light is red, I'm not supposed cross now." She had no concept of her wrong-doing, that she was supposed to stop BEFORE she started crossing. She didn't realize that she should have hurried across in order to correct her mistake. She just stood there looking at that red light. I sat there looking at my green light unable to move because she was blocking my path. Then another woman came and stood with her to support her decision and tell her she was right. Suddenly my car lurched forward, even though my foot was on the brake. The second woman got angry that I would try to force the issue and pushed my car backwards to make me wait my turn. I was mad, because it WAS my turn, not hers. And that's when I woke up.

I'm not real good at interpreting dreams, but here's what I get out of it. I must feel as if I'm not in control of my life, thus the sitting in the back seat of the car. The car usually represents one's life. Not only was I not in the driver's seat, I wasn't even on the same side as the driver. I couldn't see very well through the windshield, so apparently I can't see what lies ahead of me, or my future. I don't know who the woman was who was crossing the street, but I assume it was my mother-in-law. That's the only woman in my life who I feel is blocking my path in anyway. She (as I analyze her intentions) feels she has done no wrong. She always tells me that she did nothing to me when we lived in the house with her. She may now feel like she did something wrong, but has stopped where she is, refusing to go on, or go back, which stalls me where I am, too. Now, as to who supported her, I have no idea. It can't be God, because God is never represented by a woman. Can it be Satan? Probably not. I don't think she's evil, just misguided. Who was driving my car that pushed the two of them out of the way? I wish I could have stayed asleep a little longer to get my answers. My son wanted to wake me up and let me know that my "favorite" wrestler was on Wrestlemania....of course he had it wrong, because Randy Savage was on, and I like The Rock.

Lori Ann Smith