Dreamer's Response: Dream #7

Here's what struck me about this dream...

It's employee discount day, so people are getting something for less, getting rewarded for hard work, getting special treatment because of their dedication. So there's some reason I'm being rewarded for working hard.

There's a festive mood, almost like a party, so something in my psyche is telling me there's reason to celebrate or at least be happy. All the employees are happy to see each other, so all those hard-working parts of myself are happy to be united and sharing in the joy of being rewarded for the hard work.

My external self, my ego self, gets to take advantage of the reward as well, since in the dream customers get the employee discount too. It seems all of my selves are being rewarded.

I find the store name interesting: Orchard Supply. It makes me think of an orchard, specifically an apple orchard, which then ties into knowledge. I'm there to gather some kind of knowledge, perhaps.

Also, I just discovered an inner curiosity about and desire to use power tools, so maybe this dream was hinting at that. I do enjoy shopping at hardware stores.

We're buying a heater, so that means I'm looking for something in my life to sustain an inner fire. Perhaps my fire for knowledge, or my passion for power tools, or, even better, a passion for taking my knowledge and building or creating something with it.

In the dream I burn my leg. I use my legs to move forward on my path and they are also what support me. In my quest for knowledge and to create things, I might get a little burned by my inner fire, but it won't be too bad, although I might try to act like it's bad, hence my whining and moaning in the dream.

This makes a lot of sense now that I worked through it this way, because I feel like I might get burned a bit by putting myself out there with my art and other pursuits, but these little dings are part of the territory, and rather than spending a lot of time complaining about the dings, I can learn from them and move on.

That's my take on the dream!