The dream this morning takes place in the big city. I am out shopping in some huge downtown district in some unknown major American city. I rode my old green huffy bicycle to get here. The bike is padlocked to a bike rack outside some shop. What the shop is I don't know and it seems unimportant. What is important is that when I come outside the shop I see that my bike has been stolen and my shirt is missing! What the hey!
Well, I am in shock and quite depressed, so I start walking for home. While I am walking a young girl of about 12 years of age sees me and wants to help me out. She has a pair of old fashion roller skates. Long ago the first original roller skates were designed to strap over one's ordinary street shoes. These roller skates were of this design. I have not seen anyone wear or use such skates since I was child back in the late sixties and early seventies. They are collectors items today and I doubt anyone would dare skate on a pair today if they had them.
The girl helps me put them on. I am standing up as she straps them on. I steady myself with my left hand on her shoulder. I remember I skated a few times when I was a kid. I never really got the hang of it and I fell down quite a bit. I wake up before we see if I was a success or not at using them after so many years.
I think I got this dream figured out. There is an expression: "He lost his shirt in the market.". This quip is applied to a guy who has lost everything in failed business dealings and has sold, or had taken away, all he owns, even the shirt on his back. I certainly feel close to being like that guy right now. I have over extended my credit and I am treading water financially this month. I feel like I'm one pay check away from being homeless again and preyed upon by creditors. Sigh!
The loss of the bicycle is clearly synchronous with my worries over the front end of my minivan, which is slowly falling apart, the vehicle is rattling, and clanking, and I am sure the wheels will be falling off any day now.
The roller skates and the young girl are symbolic of my hopes and dreams I have for a safe transportation solution. The girl could represent my new young bride, my VA homeless case manager, or it could be symbolic of my inner female nature wanting to nurture me and help. "Skating", it should also be noted, is an expression used to describe a person who is lazy and performs just enough work to appear productive but is clearly not. Good God! Am I such a person?
Finally! A dream that is not too obtuse for me to figure out! Well, what do I do with it though? Can this given me any practical insights or solutions to my current concerns and worries? All I can say is I will be looking for and praying for a young woman, be she real or metaphorical, to help me out. I don't know what else to say on the matter.
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