Our
dreams often help us understand changes in ourselves and even suggest new courses
of action. Consider today’s dream which
uses handwriting as the metaphor for the change:
Dear
SMYD,
I dreamed
I was assigned the task of relieving a manager until her replacement could get
to work. The manager leaving the job was
a fairly young woman. She was attractive,
creative and confident. I saw some of
the things she’d made – purses and tote bags.
They were colorful and well made.
In my
role as intermediary, I signed checks and other important documents for her, as
well as some correspondence. I noticed
that as I was signing these things, my signature/my handwriting changed from
its original, right-leaning, uniformly flowing appearance to more upright
letters and even left leaning ones. In
addition, it looked irregular. The
letters were different sizes and leaned different ways, all in the same
word. This bothered me, so I would
correct it, forcing my writing to look better, like it did at first. But almost immediately, it would shift back
to irregular letter sizes and upright or left-leaning letters all jumbled
together.
Then, the
replacement manager came through the office.
She was angry and unhappy and went directly to her new office and shut herself
in. She believes or knows she is hated
in her new role.
At the
end, I am explaining to the outgoing manager that she is loved, no, adored by
everyone. She has nothing to feel upset
or unhappy about. I tell her it’s her
boss’s fault she has to go, since he didn’t properly prepare her for the
job. Then I tell the same to the new guy.
Signed,
Don’t
Recognize My Own Writing
Dear Writing,
Handwriting
analysts tell us that our written words on the page can reflect aspects of our
personalities. Your dream has taken this
concept to illustrate changes in you.
Since
your dream is set at work, we can extrapolate that the changes noted may have
come about through your experiences on the job.
You don’t give specifics about this workplace, but we can speculate that
you’ve been managing in a demanding and stressful job, just the kind that can
take a toll on even the most dedicated employee. The colorful young woman, adored by all may
represent how you felt about yourself upon accepting the job. But that person has been replaced.
Somewhere
in the interim, shown by your role as the intermediary, you observe yourself
change from the forward leaning, confident, smoothly flowing manager, sure of
herself and her place among her charges.
Just as your handwriting changed to uneven and unpredictable, perhaps
you too have changed into the angry and unhappy person who locks herself in her
office, certain she’s hated. Trying to
return to your old self, by forcing the old handwriting, does little to cover
your changed state of mind.
It’s
convenient to blame the boss, Dear Dreamer, and maybe he’s partly
responsible. But you must take care of
yourself. The handwriting is on the wall!
Sweet
Dreams to You!
SMYD
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