Dreams

Dreams are interesting stories that are able to tell you more about what is going on in your life than what may appear, or what you may be willing to accept.

For instance, earlier this week I had the strangest dream in which all I can remember is that I was eating something, I do not know what, but it was stuck in my teeth. A I started to try and pull it out, the next thing I knew I was holding my teeth in my hand, I had dentures.  As I looked at my dentures I saw something purple sticking out of the side and as I turned it over I realized that purple thing was an elephants trunk.  I was staring down a tiny, 2 inch tall purple elephant standing on my dentures.  At this point I stirred awake and thought, "Holy cow, that was weird."

As I thought more about the dream and what each thing might mean, I decided I should look online to see what these items are commonly understood to mean


Purple -          Signifies great aspirations and understanding
                       of the visible and invisible world.  It shows
                       there is creativity, dignity, and devotion.


Elephant -          Wisdom, memory, persistence, power,
                           strength, faithfulness, and intellect. 
                           The elephant means that there could be a memory
                           I am holding onto for too long, and that I also need
                           to be more patient with something, or more understanding
                           of others.  I was not afraid of the little elephant, but if I
                           were afraid, it would have meant that there was a problem
                           I needed to confront.


Dentures -           False teeth are interpreted as not being completely
                           truthful in some waking matter, or rather I am lying
                           to myself about something.

When I first woke up, I was thinking that the elephant trunk sticking out may have been from an octopus or something.  If it had been from that, the octopus means I am entangled in difficult matters, clouded judgement, overly possesive, or maybe too clingy in a relationship.  Since it ended up not being an octopus I will just throw this item out because it doesn't completely relate.

Since I looked at the meaning of these things I have been spending a lot of time thinking about what this might mean in my life, and if these items really do hold true to what is the common interpretation.  I have continued to tell myself that it is just that as well, only an interpretation, and only a dream.

There have been some conflicts recently in my life, and I think the one that has been bothering me the most is my current housing situation.  I have been trying to buy a house an up until this last week I thought there was a good chance I would become a new homeowner.  However, this did not occur and I am now going through the rigorous process of apartment hunting and trying to decide where I want to spend the next year as my life evolves into a new career path.   I feel that the elephant could mean that I just need to forget about old memories with this process and begin my new life, as I also look to begin a new lifestyle.  Since I wasn't afraid of the elephant, I feel like this housing issue could be the topic of the dream. 

I do feel like the dentures are showing that I have been lying to myself because this house really may not have been what is best for me, and I was just going through steps because I was tired of how I was living my life.  I may not really be ready to be a homeowner because there are a lof things I would like to do over the next year or two.  If I were to teach overseas then I would struggle to take care of the house and in reality I probably wouldn't end up going if I did have a house.  As these last few days have gone by I am relieved a bit that I didn't get the house because it does allow me more freedom in my life path in the coming months.

The purple in the dream is something I am still somewhat trying to figure out.  Creativity, dignity, and devotion are three strong aspects of my life because I am devoted to what I do, the way I live, and whom I love;  I work to provide dignity to others in my career; and add a bit of creativity to my life as I try to reform my life and go down this new path.

The relationship between purple and my understanding of the visible and invisible world is a part I struggle with a bit because I'm not entirely certain what this means.  I  think that all of these parts of the dream come together to show me that there are a lot of things in my life that I shouldn't try to set in stone yet and that I should allow a bit more freedom and creativity to what will come.

Over the next few months/next year I will be having a lot of life changes as I finish my licensure to teach, look for a teaching position in a new school district, most likely be moving somewhere, and possibly do something exciting like spend time working overseas.

Now all of this is interpretation, and this was only a dream.  But if Martin Luther King's dream became so great, I suppose this little dream could be telling me there is something interesting to come.