- Having a sense of power
- Dealing with growing older
- Exploring a creative side of myself
- Becoming more powerful
- Getting over past hurts
- Becoming more competent
- Asking God for forgiveness
- Exploring an old part of myself I have lost
- Getting over a personal hang-up
- Having a sense of order
- Being able to be productive
- A place and a time to just "be"
- Being able to truly relax
- Reflecting on my life
- Getting my priorities in order
- Finishing something important
- Exploring the physical side of myself
- Being able to compete and win
- Travel
- Quietness
- Atonement
- Building something important
- Ending a chapter of my life--saying good-bye to something
All of these dreams are beautiful. None of them are inherently
bad for a marriage. But they can cause problems if they are hidden or
not respected by your spouse. When this occurs, you may either have
open battles over the issue, or it may go underground and be
expressed symbolically. In the latter case, the couple may think they
are at loggerheads over whether to go out to dinner every Sunday
night, but the bottom-line issue has to do with something much
deeper than a restaurant meal. Sunday night holds a special place in
both of their hearts, stemming from their childhoods. Her dream is to
eat out because her family did that every Sunday, a treat that made
her feel special. But for her husband, a restaurant meal was always
much less of a treat than having his very busy mother cook for the