Cliff Hanger

The dream this morning is pretty much a simple and straight forward one to interpret. I am standing on the edge of a very high steep sandy cliff. I walk too close to the edge and I slip down the slope. I pivot around facing the slope and desperately try to grasp at the sand in an attempt at saving myself from a serious fall. My arms and legs are flailing all about. I slide down the face of the cliff for about ten feet. I cry out for help. A friend comes running to my rescue and throws me a lifeline in just the nick of time. My right hand barely manages to latch on to that rope and my friend then is able to pull me up to safety.  That's all there is to it. I wake up.

The fact that I am "walking on the edge" in this dream signifies that I am somewhat of a risk taker at the moment and I am flirting with danger for the thrill of it. Danger does, however, catch up with me in this dream. I sincerely think my life is in jeopardy and I plead for help. The dream is calling me to consider the circumstances of my life right now. I am experiencing a fear of a loss of control and a sensation of failure as concerns my career.  I need to be looking deeper has to why I am not fulfilling my greatest potential.

The fact that a friend rescues me is significant. This friend is no one in particular. The man seems to be a very ordinary person, yet is someone, who cares immensely.  Lately, I have felt very much alone and abandoned with my troubles.

I do have a loyal friend who has been helping me and the wife make ends meet. I feel guilty for asking him for assistance and asking too much from him. The sand in this dream symbolizes the foundation I am standing on. I cannot seem to get traction or a grip. The ground is slipping out from under me. Weirdly, we experienced an actual 4.4 earthquake in our apartment just a couple of weeks ago. I awoke me up from a dead sleep in the middle of the day. It was loud. My life has been shaken literally and figuratively.

Several job offers have come to me today. One seems very promising. This job would require me to fill a management role. I have never been comfortable with being a leader, but it is a role I am capable of filling and it offers a significant pay raise. I should return the call for this job in the morning. I hope the man will be available to speak with me and the position is still open. It was my loyal friend Jonathan that helped get me this contact. Perhaps this is my rope or lifeline to a better future. I pray that it is so.

I am grasping on to a rope of hope and wanting to avoid calamity. The wife complains about being hungry and living in poverty. I feel pressured to perform some kind of miracle. Life was simple as a single poor homeless man. My sole focus was just to survive and take care of myself. I have had no training in this marriage business. Daily I pray and look to the heavens for a rope and a chance for rescue. I stopped buying lottery tickets. A lucky windfall will not be coming. My lot seems to be to work like a dog and hope for help from above.