Fire and Water

Emotional issues within dreams are often brought to our attention symbolically.

Water, swampy ground, mist and mud... these refer to sadness, being stuck and addiction.

 Wet, grey, monster-filled ruins, maze-like houses... these are explorations into the earth-bound realm, the next 'heaven' above this plane of matter.

Anger issues are often expressed as fire, lava, anything burning or smoldering. The classic one is a volcano.

Knowing what your subconscious is trying to make you aware of consciously helps you address, and move past these things. Helps you resolve the past and really leave it behind. Resolving old emotional issues even makes you wiser.

One I see often is the neglected animal. Wasted, starved, often dead in its cage or pen. Sometimes miraculously barely alive. These represent things you once  thought of being or doing. Like I once thought I would be an artist, but when things got very real for me I chose a profession that was practical instead. It was the right choice. I have never regretted the medical knowledge I gained as a nurse, or the ability to provide for myself and my family. But I felt guilty for years, and denied to myself that I just didn't feel any inspiration to create art anymore. It was a dead and passed dream, except that I didn't let it go. 

I went through the same thing with writing, but a little more quickly the second time. I wrote. I loved writing. Then the desire to express myself that way, in a big way left me. Again I clung to it, until I recognized the pattern. That novel? I lived it inwardly and now it is over.

 Shortly after I had resolved this my eldest daughter sent me this meme.  

I am not a noun. I like that.