Dear Lauri,
I had a dream my fiancé was taking me to the ocean and on the way we went over a bridge and our boys flew out of the car and so did my fiancé. I was stuck while the car filled up with water and the next thing I knew I was right there flying next to them.    – Sheri 28, Marshall, MI

Lauri: Is there anything going on that you fear is going to pull you away from your fiancé and children? Like a new job or some new responsibility? The bridge is your ability to get through some sort of transition in your life and the car is your ability to keep moving forward in life despite the transition. The rising water suggests you are becoming increasingly overwhelmed and perhaps fearful you’re not going to make it through this transition. However, your dream seems to be encouraging you at the end by showing you flying next to your family, as if to say, “Just stick this through and then you’ll see that things will really start looking up for you.”

Sherri replies: Actually yes. My stress level is through the roof and my boyfriend has been looking for a job or possibly going back to school. But if he went back to school he would have to live in a dorm and not be with us. We are also about to lose our apartment actually and we are trying to find a place to move. With him considering school, I guess I am feeling like I would be left behind in a sense.

As you can see from Sherri’s car drowning dream, that this is so common because we ALL experience those moments in life that seem so utterly overwhelming we just don’t know how to keep moving forward. But what we can also learn from her dream is that no matter how upsetting the dream, it will always hold a priceless piece of advice or encouragement that we need at that very time in our life.

You can get the priceless advice and encouragement your dreams are offering you too once you know how to understand them. My dream books will have you understanding your dreams in no time! Keep them by your bedside so you can easily figure out your dreams as soon as you wake from them. You’ll wonder why you didn’t get them sooner!

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Well, the answer is simple; a traffic jam dream comes to you when it’s time to “un-jam” your life… before things get out of hand.

Dear Lauri,
Last night I had a dream that I was in a traffic jam because there was an accident up ahead. The only way out of the jam was to drive on the opposite side of the road. I woke up as I was making my way over to drive up the wrong way to the intersection so I could continue on my way. – Nancy 54, San Francisco, CA

Lauri: The traffic jam represents some blockage in your waking life. What area of your life is at a standstill right now, most likely due to confusion or too much on your plate? Whatever it is, your dream is showing you that the way to free yourself is to back out of something, hence going the wrong way on the freeway. What in your life do you think would be best to “reverse course” on? The accident in your dream is “up ahead” meaning, if you don’t back out of this situation there is likely to be a problem for you in waking life “just down the road,” perhaps even an emotional crash.

Nancy replies: Wow! There IS a lot on my plate. We have money issues but I think those are just about over. I was in an accident four years ago that has left me with Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome, which means I am in pain all the time and always trying to find medications to help. Work is really busy and my husband is, well, being a husband. I think the “emotional” crash is what I am heading for if I don’t slow down and take some time for myself because – as we all hate to admit – we do everything for everyone but very little for ourselves. This condition can have periods of depression which I believe I am headed for if I just don’t take some me time and this dream might be that warning sign. Amazing stuff!

What’s interesting about the crash in Nancy’s dream, is that it not only is warning her of a looming emotional crash, but it is also referring to the very thing that caused her chronic pain. That’s an important element to remember when trying to understand the meaning in your dreams: like the game of connect the dots, everything in your dream can be connected to something in your waking life. That’s why it is so very important to be able to understand your dreams. Like Nancy, you can get warnings of what might be around the corner if you don’t change something. You can get advise on how to fix your current situation. You can even get creative ideas for your music, book or other creative project. Never EVER dismiss something as “just a dream,” because when you do, you are dismissing the very best advice you’d been given that day.

My book Cracking The Dream Code has a comprehensive dream dictionary of 1000 symbols fully explained: planes, fish, dogs, death, you name it, this book covers it! You’ll also learn how to remember your dreams, how to understand all the different parts of your dreams and even how to dream about anything you want!! And it makes a great gift!!

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