Have you ever had a weird dream that you knew meant something?

www.RaisingYourGrandchildren.com by Karen Best Wright

Have you ever had a dream that was really weird, but you knew that your subconscious mind or God (whatever your belief) was trying to get a message through to you? Well, I had one of these the other night. Dreams that are not utter nonsense may still be loaded with symbolism and may not be easily understood. I won't go into all the odd details of the dream, but I dreamt that I lived in a very large house, a very old house that had once been a granary. As I stood at the kitchen sink that was leaking water everywhere, even down to the floors below, the wall behind the sink collapsed. It was made of cardboard. My kitchen wall was made of cardboard, that was now wet and falling apart. As the cardboard kitchen wall and the sink fell apart, I stood back in dismay. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. My house was falling apart. Then I went into a different part of the house. At this point, I was amazed. I found a very strong part of my home that I didn't even know existed. It was solid and strong. It was magnificent. There were many rooms. One was an exercise room and one was a classroom of some sort. I wondered why I had never known that I had such a strong and solid home before. Why had I only lived in the cardboard section?

Now what does this have to do with my daily life and raising my grandchildren? I think a lot. The past several days I have battled horrible headaches, struggled with completing work projects, and cared for the children who are out of school for the summer. When I have been discouraged and felt that I was doing really lousy at most everything, I thought about this dream. I knew emotionally I might just be living in my cardboard house that was falling apart. I would then tell myself, "Okay Karen, move into that strong and solid part of yourself. Focus on your strengths and not your weaknesses."

I am very glad that I had this odd dream. I believe it has an even deeper meaning than I currently understand. However, it is helping me at this time to recognize the soggy cardboard parts of my life and to focus and search for the strong solid parts of my life and myself.

Comments

[Jillian Curtis]

Great post :)

Thanks for sharing.

I'm new to your blog, please feel welcomed to come visit mine.

Jillian

[Nana Connie]

Hi Karen, Thanks for sharing about your dream. I really enjoy your writing. Connie