Dreams are an opportunity to understand yourself, if you take them seriously.

Writing for Psych Central (https://psychcentral.com/), Sarah Barkley asks:

How can we interpret dreams about an ex-partner? Why do old relationships creep into dreams, and how might these ideas might help?

This is my response.

Dreams are to life as preparing a garden is to picking flowers: preparation is required before things come up. You don’t dream about things; you dream about feelings. To understand dreams, you must first know something of how your thoughts are put together…

Flowers Have Thorns

Stumps into Bird Feeders

Subjective Reality is Still Reality

Your Most Vivid World


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