I’ve been recording my dreams for years. As a kid, I had three-subject mead notebooks filled with dreams—silly dreams about losing teeth, epic dreams about being lost in storms, and even nightmares about serial killers hunting down my family. It’s no surprise, then, that as I got older I took an interest in analyzing what these dreams mean. Sometimes I look up key objects and symbols from my dreams on dreammoods.com for potential meanings, but sometimes the underlying meaning is so clear no outside help is necessary for interpretation. Such is the kind of dream I had last night.

Since my ex-boyfriend of seven-plus years and I broke up eight months ago, I’ve dreamed of him. Usually the dreams are about unexpressed anger, disappointment about the way things turned out, or potential reunions. But last night my dream was not about any of these things. Last night, I dreamed that his sister, who is still a good friend of mine, sent me an email letting me know that he was dating someone else. And while my feelings about the issue were slightly complex, what I realized is that I was OK with it. I realized that, after holding on a little too long to what was, I was finally ready to close that chapter of my life.

I woke up from this dream feeling liberated! And that feeling was so much more than a dream—it was my heart letting me know that I’m truly open to the possibility of miraculous, earth-shattering, life-changing love once again.

So watch out, folks, cause here I go—and this time I’m riding with no hands.

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1. Rebekah on October 29, 2009 at 4:44 PM

   Isn't it great to have journals and stuff from way back? I've only written down a couple of dreams... maybe I should do it more. I've heard of people intentionally remembering, recording, and interpreting their dreams--I've just never done it. Very cool.
   
   I'm so glad you had your email dream and that it was able to represent to you that you have truly opened a new and fresh chapter in your life. Liberation & freedom are wonderful feelings; I'm glad you have that now!