The Runner

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I don't usually remember my dreams. However, this particular dream stuck to my mind because of sheer repetition. I must have had this dream since senior year college. I see myself walking down a sidewalk. Small shrubs on each side of the path on the sidewalk. I just keep walking for miles on miles. Not much of the scenery changes. It is a repetitive boring scene until I hear a dog bark. It must be a huge dog because of the deep tone of its bark. I dare not look back due to my extreme fear and I start running. I run what feel like several city blocks--still the same scene pass around me. Until I get tired and my legs give out. I fall. Then I wake up.

Interpretation:

You feel that you haven't accomplished much in your life. The scenes, the challenges, the routines, the people, and the situations that comprise your life are, to your mind, the same, boring. You feel like you are stuck in a rut. Feelings of no direction. Feelings of pointlessly waiting for nothing. You are either unhappy with your career or choices or are very bored and impatient with life. You feel that you are wasting your time but since you feel like you don't have a direction in life, you are stuck making the same rounds, walking the same path over and over again.

The dog's bark is your subconscious' attempt to push you to make changes in your life. However, you lack a plan so you end up just running with no direction and that's why you got tired in your dream. There was no resolution to the chase. No new territory explored. No new revelations arrived at. Your legs just give out.

You are very frustrated and you need to understand the root causes of this frustration. Maybe you need to sit down and maybe write a journal detailing your past goals and determine what your future goals should be. Also, your dream indicates that you are a reactive person--you wait for things to happen to you before you act. Maybe you should look into being proactive by setting personal goals.