Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Dreams and Dream Interpretation

I have had three dreams where I am either waiting for a flight at an airport or sitting in the plane, waiting for it to take off. In the first two dreams, I am with my husband and our daughter is nowhere in sight. In the last dream, I am alone, having been separated from my husband and daughter, both of whom have taken earlier flights. In all these dreams, I know that the plane I have boarded or about to board is going to crash. I am crying and afraid yet I am powerless to take myself out of the situation. I feel I have no other choice but to take the flight.

Last night, I had the last in these series of dreams and I began to wonder what these dreams really mean. Online, I found this:

To dream that a plane crashes, signifies that you have set overly high and unrealistic goals for yourself and are in danger of having it come crashing down. Alternatively, your lack of confidence, self-defeating attitude and self-doubt toward the goals you have set for yourself is represented by the crashing airplane; you do not believe in your ability to attain those goals. Loss of power and uncertainty in achieving your goals are also signified.

To see a busy airport in your dream, signifies the desire for freedom, high ideals, ambition, and hopes. It is an indication that you are approaching a new departure in your life. Some new idea is taking off or is ready to take off. You may be experiencing a new relationship, new career path or new adventure.


With our move to Canada a little over a month away, I now know the meaning behind these dreams. We are embarking on a new life. My husband and I are starting over again. As for me, I will finally have to face my fear of failure: my fear of failing miserably as a lawyer. I don't think I have "set overly high and unrealistic goals" for myself; rather, I fear I don't have what it takes to be a lawyer.

It's interesting that, in my dreams, I don't actually see the plane crash; I merely know with almost psychic certainty that the plane is going to crash. In reality, I am fearing the worse: that my dream of practicing law successfully will crash. Yet, will it? My dreams end before the plane crashes. Perhaps I'm telling myself, subconciously, that it need not crash. Perhaps my dreams are telling me not to fear something that may or may not happen. And I know these dreams are telling me that I must take this "flight" into a new career, despite my overwhelming fears.

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