I Dreamed a Dream . . .
We all have recurring dreams. You know, like that one where you walk into the classroom and realize it’s the final exam but you haven’t studied for it at all!
I have a recurring dream sometime between the 10th and the 14th of every month, when I’m trying to come up with a publisher’s letter as the EIL production train is racing to get the upcoming issue uploaded to the printer by the 15th. In my dream, I am somehow back in L.A. at the restaurant where I worked for four years while I was a starving actor. The catch is that in my dream I’m my current age. I don’t know any of the other waiters, and I’m at the computer trying to put in an order, but I can’t remember how to work the computer. As I’m standing there trying to figure it out, the hostess keeps seating people in my section. I run over to one of the tables and attempt to take an order as I remember I haven’t put in the previous table’s order. I go back to the computer terminal and look back to see that the hostess has seated yet another 4-top. This continues on until I finally wake up in a cold sweat.
Dream interpretation seems to always be a hot topic. For 90 minutes to two hours or more each night, every person dreams. Sometimes we even remember them. Here are some of the most common dreams people report having and what dream experts interpret them to mean.
FLYING
Flying in a dream relates to how much control we fell we have in our lives and whether we are confident and able to achieve our goals.
FALLING
Often, falling uncontrollably from a great height indicates something in our waking life that feels very much out of control.
CLASSROOM
We all know this one. It’s a reflection of how much you’re stressing about an upcoming event.
TEETH FALLING OUT
This one is all about your power and usually means you’re feeling subconsciously repressed or controlled.
BEING NAKED IN PUBLIC
This common dream shows your fear of being embarrassed or ridiculed.
I just hope that some night between May 10th and 14th I don’t dream I’m flying naked, then plummet from the sky into my college classroom where I can’t talk properly because my teeth have fallen out!
Don’t forget to take the time to go online at elegantislandliving.net and click the VOTE NOW link before May 31 to make your voice heard in the EIL Best of 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. Show some love to your favorite restaurants and retailers and spread the word. We’ll be tallying up votes in June and publishing the winners in July.
Sweet dreams, everybody.
