Sometimes dreams are meant to bring warning of conditions and situations one must face.  The warning is to help you better deal with the situation and thus bring about the best possible outcome.

I was in my home and stepped outside to the walkway.  I looked across the street to an empty lot that is wild and uncut.  It was a bright day, perhaps mid-afternoon.  I was very surprised to see a Bobcat walking through the vegetation.  He did not notice me but headed towards the street at a trajectory that would take him to my neighbor’s property.  I had never seen a wild Bobcat before and to see him in a populated area was quite surprising.

This is a warning dream of conditions to come.  The front yard represents what I show the world.  The bobcat represents someone who makes aggressive or spiteful comments. The bobcat is headed directly towards my neighbor’s property. Conditions to come indicate problems with my neighbor being aggressive and/or making spiteful comments.  The point of the warning is to give me an opportunity to behave in the best way possible to the situations that will arise because of this. I can react just as negatively as the neighbor and thus make things worse, or I can react as positively as possible and keep matters from escalating.  It is possible that the neighbor will cause matters to escalate no matter what I do, but at least by behaving in the best way possible, I can remain as blameless as possible.

There is also a second interpretation which can be applied.  Again, a warning dream of conditions to come.  The front yard represents awaiting what comes next in my life.  The bobcat represents a wild or aggressive situation.  The bobcat is headed directly towards my neighbor’s property.  Conditions will be coming into my life that will bring wild and/or aggressive situations that I must deal with from a situation or person that I deal with on a regular basis.  Again, the point of the dream is to give me the opportunity to react with love, patience and grace in a difficult situation instead of just reacting instinctively, which could make matters worse.

As you can see, both interpretations basically are saying the same thing, but one interpretation is more specific in what is to happen.  If you are wondering, the neighbor could mean not just a literal neighbor where I live, but a co-worker whose workstation is in the neighboring range of my work area.  You can continue with this analogy.