Kirsty (December 2000 - February 20001)
Dream: This particular dream I have had a couple of times and it has left quite a strong imprint on me when I've woken up in the morning. 'I am dropping off my car to be fixed and am planning on working home from the mechanics as in my mind I know my house is only across the road but somehow I get lost walking back there. I am wandering the streets which happen to be familiar streets that a current friend of mine lived around and I start to get really agitated because I wanted to be home early for whatever reason I am not sure. Anyway, the more I wander around aimlessly the more upset and irritable I get. Eventually I decide to ask someone for help and go into this house. The backyard of this house is my old backyard from the first house I ever lived in Australia. They tell me where I need to go but the directions are unclear to me. As I walk out I spot a note (money) on the ground and pick it up. I still can't find the house and have now started running - but I am running like a horse or something - leaping over driveways and being ever so graceful. After a while I am exhausted and sit down in defeat. I have been sitting down calmly and patiently for a while and then when I get up to start again I see my house right in front of me."
Quentin's Diagnosis: Dear Kirsty, It sounds like youčre working your way back to your true place in life. The car is your spirit or self traveling along and something needs fixing. Frustration sets in because you want to achieve your goal sooner and in the agitation you get lost. You are skilled and have good energy but youčre not paying attention to yourself or enjoying the journey along the way. The backyard contains your sub-conscious and as you revisit old areas of familiarity in the dream, youčre looking back on the past. Go within more to see what you want in the process of your life. Youčre working like a horse (gracefully) and making progress in leaps and bounds. Slow down. Youčre putting too much pressure on yourself and forgetting to enjoy yourself along the way. As soon as you give it up, it comes. The moral is: If you sit back calmly and patiently, youčll find what you were missing in your life and in turn, the way to contentment and fulfillment.