Dream or Journey

 

Date: 13 Dec 2021	Dream State: SD
Title: Geese in the backyard
Summary: In my house trying to go out and sit on an exam board for a student I taught years ago.  I am mildly irritated by this. I am aware I will arrive late and still haven’t thought of an essay topic to give them to write.  I send Cynthia a Whatsapp to say I’ll be late. Meanwhile V has got people in to renovate the house.  They are painting the lounge and part of my room. The young painter keeps asking questions and can’t seem to finish even one part of the job.  I have to leave and don’t want to be held up by this. In the garden 4 geese are running wild.  People refer to them as turkeys but they are geese. V has offered to give them a home in our garden until they can be sold but they are running rampant, eating all the plants, insects and other garden creatures and terrorizing our dog. I wasn’t them out. I’m struggling to handle this.
Feelings afterwards?  Overwhelmed. Sense of resentment that other people are not helping to solve these issues or do what they are supposed to be doing.
Connections, associations, then and now: there are some geese a few blocks from my house in an empty lot.  The house is a quarter painted and needs doing but the painter has other jobs and avoids finishing it. The sense of others not doing what they are supposed to do is one I am feeling quite often.  The exam business is pretty much in the distant past now. V is frequently prioritizing other things than the most urgent or important (or only what he perceives as urgent and important. We are giving food and a second home to a neighbour’s dog – generally happily. Could any of this play out?
What would I like to know? What is the message?  What is the next step?  Why do I see them as geese and others call them turkeys?
Input from others
Action plan Do a dream incubation.
Themes and symbols   Geese, Overwhelmed, Decisions, lack of action, impositions
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