Danger Everywhere

All I can recall from last night are about 3 dreams.

One of them was just silliness, so I’ll only share two of them. They were different from my regular dreams, except for that in one of them I was – yet again – trying to protect an animal.

Those dreams are so exhausting and I have them so much that half the time I don't even bother to type them all down.


Lava



My first dream from last night was that our house was surrounded by lava. Yes, LAVA!

It was less than an inch away from flowing inside the house and I was shocked that no one was freaking out over the event in the slightest.

I found this in a dream dictionary:

- “To see lava in your dream signifies violent anger which you have kept inside for a period of time.”

Africa



My second dream was set someplace in Africa. We were there on vacation or something.

There was a fight earlier, between two men I believe, and there was blood on the ground and on some sleeping bag that was out there. (All of this was beneath a tree in front of the house. It was very close to the front porch; something like just a yard away). I couldn’t stand the thought of that mess, or of any wild animals being lured to it, so I took it upon myself to hose it all off.

Later, after cleaning the sleeping bag the best I could, I decided to take it back outside before it got too dark and the wild animals would be out.

I go outside and see a large deer standing in front of me. It is just staring right back at me, and I think it’s a different kind of deer than I was used to seeing back home. I didn’t know how dangerous this deer was, so I was going to close the door and go back inside, but…. I see that my dog, Maddie, is outside too! She was lying on a dog bed (I think) that was set against the front porch. I had thought she was inside the house with the family, so I was pretty upset seeing her outside.

All of a sudden the deer surprises me by lying down next to Maddie. I realize that this wild deer is protecting Maddie. I call Maddie back inside the house, and to my relief – after a few seconds – she listens and comes inside.

Next, in my dream I was listening to my father telling me about a dream that he had. I then started to tell my mother what had happened with the deer, but she didn’t care. I was SO UPSET that I was listening to everyone elses thoughts/emotions (that they wanted me to hear) but when I wanted to share something with them that felt profound to me… they didn’t care. I was so angry that I was a listening ear for them (and by ‘them’ I mean my whole family; even family I’m not even close to), but they didn’t return that favor in kind.

I’m really not a huge believer in dream dictionaries, but here’s what I found anyway:

- To dream about or that you in Africa reflects your desires to return to your roots. You want to find out more about your heritage.

- To see a deer in your dream symbolizes grace, compassion, gentleness, meekness and natural beauty. It has feminine qualities and may point to the feminine aspect within yourself. It also represents independence, alertness, and virility. Consider the symbol to be a pun for someone who is "dear" to you. Alternatively, the dream represents vulnerability and naiveté. As a result, others may take advantage of you and your gullibility.

- To see blood in your dream represents life, love, and passion as well as disappointments. To dream that others are bleeding signifies an emotional cry for help.

- To see a sleeping bag in your dream represents warmth and protection. You are expressing a desire to slowly explore the realm of your subconscious. Alternatively, a sleeping bag may be analogous to regressing back to the womb where you were completely dependent.

Wild Dogs



A couple nights ago I had more Animal Rescue dreams.

In the first one I was trying to protect my dogs, as well as my brothers’ dogs, from some kind of wild dogs. They were furry and black and there were MANY of them.

I had opened the back door when these wild dogs kept coming inside the house. While this is going on, I’m constantly tossing out these wild dogs while calling my own dogs (and my brothers dogs) to come to safety inside the house.

A lot of these wild dogs would sort of hide beneath our huge entertainment center that we have our television set on. Some of these dogs were really mean, but most of them weren’t fighting me too badly.

Every time I got one of our dogs to safety, or when I realized some were already in the house, I told my little brother to put them in the other room and close the door to keep them safe. (In this dream my brother was sitting on the couch behind me and he was a young boy).

Hummingbirds & a Moose



 In my other dream from that night I found 3 hummingbirds lined up next to our back door. I thought they were dead, but when I touched them and took them back outside I think they opened their eyes and flew off.

FYI: I think I had this dream because we have a lot of hummingbirds here at our house and lately we’ve had two beautiful baby redbirds hit our window and die of broken necks.
It’s been very upsetting to me.

Also, a day or so earlier I dreamed about two kinds of animals, but all I can recall now is a TALL moose. It was not normal tall either.