little boy dreams

[Clementine]

I've had a series of little boy dreams lately. The last one involved a business trip to Chicago and arriving at the hotel with my coworker to find we'd been assigned the same room. It was in a state of disarray - hadn't been cleaned since the last occupants really, but wasn't your standard room anyway, too many doors. Opened a door to the hall and found 3 little boys under a pile of used towels. I ushered them into the room and cleaned them up, ordered food and then demanded the hotel find their parents. I was a little put out at the hotel who didn't seem too anxious to do anything. Didn't seem to have much else in the dream except a vague sense of isn't somebody going to do something here?

I've had a series of "little boy dreams" - in the one above there were three little boys, then three little kids, then two boys and a girl, then at least one little boy, the others not quite identifiable. Same type of things going on in the others, except for a little boy in one who kept coming to the living room window to peek in - startling and actually fightening me in that one.

Anybody want to offer any interpretations as to what is going on?

[starrlyte]

I see parts of yourself you need to acknowledge and open yourself to. You need to allow your inner child(ren) to shine through, though not take control. At least that's the sense I get!

[Clementine]

Thank you starrlyte - I probably need to apologize for not thanking you sooner but us workin' girlz have been pushed to the ends lately - don't get on often and when I do I forget where I've been and what I've responded to! This child definitely needs a nap, I'll say that much, and I'd guess a few playdates (without responsibilities) ARE probably in order!

[kq]

Hi Clementine,

I agree with Starrlyte but it may not just be about your own inner child, as such. This may be about your creativity as well as nuturing inner needs.

All that work related clutter makes means that things are overwhelming you . And finding these youngsters, that you feel are neglected or are outside looking in, makes me feel that there is something else in your life that is being put to one side but you want to remeber that it is there - in fact whatever it is that you are not expressing is not going to go away. Are there parts of you... say a long loved ambition - creative urge- need to write or paint... that you still hanker for. Sometimes we put our "childish" things away because the responsibilities of adulthood appear to bear down on us so heaily, cluttering up our lives. Try to find time to express your dreams and desires, they are as equally valid as taking our responsibilities seriousl. Or at the very least make plans to move towards finding space for them.

These are just thoughts, hope they are of use to you.

[Clementine]

Will definitely try to make space - things are cluttered at home as well. Just a point in my life where I'm sort of marking time and getting through it - like slogging through a swamp but knowing there's a beautiful meadow somewhere at the end of it. The dream makes sense in these terms and others have offered additional themes - I guess I'm the perpetual mother and was concerned there were more children/lives coming into mine that I was going to be held responsible for! Enough is enough!