In this dream, I am made aware of a problem at my work.

I was at work, busy doing my job, when someone told me to watch something that was happening outside.  I looked towards where the person indicated.  There was a field next to my work building,   wild with uncut grass and weeds. Behind the building was a large, fenced in corral for animals.    A young woman from my work was in the field cleaning up as she had been directed to do.  I watched as she picked up a large animal and carried it to the corral and placed it inside.  Then I saw her pick up a very large sea turtle.  It was at least four or five feet long and two or three feet across.  I watched in pain as she dropped it at least three times, very hard, onto the ground because it was so unwieldy and heavy.  Each time I could see a new wound open and blood  come out.  After the last time, I had to assume the turtle was dead.  I hoped it was dead for its own sake.  I walked over to the turtle where it still lay on the ground from the last time the young woman dropped it.  It was clearly dead.  I felt very bad for it.   But I knew the young woman hadn’t hurt it on purpose.  This appeared to be the last animal in the field that needed to be moved and then something was going to be done with the field.

Work-one’s present occupation or one’s feelings about work or what is going on there.

Young-youthfulness, naivate, or inexperience.

Woman-An idea, project, or person who is represented by the symbol of the woman with similar characteristics and/or behaviors.

Field-one’s place of duty, harvest, or mission.  May be associated with one’s field of work.

Corral (fenced in area for animals)-prevents passage in or out.  Could represent being confined through the limits of emotions and/or beliefs.

Turtle-slow, methodical or protection or motherly compassion

Dead-end of experience, project or relationship

I am shown in this dream that there is an effort at my current work (actual place of work) to clean up a specific area (field) for the start of something new.  Someone has been given this mission or duty, but they are inexperienced (young).  This person is similar in characteristics as the woman in the dream.  It is believed to be better to confine (fence/corral) specific attributes or attitudes or behaviors (what each animal represents) so that they do not interfere with what needs to be done. I cannot interpret what the first animal represents as I can’t remember it, but motherly compassion (turtle) is ended (dead) in the process of this endeavor.  It’s not what is intended but it is what happens. I don’t enjoy witnessing this process (watching as the girl accidentally kills the turtle) and know losing the turtle is not a good thing. But there is the process of something new being built (clearing the field) and this might make up for the damage done in the process.

At my work, there have been many changes this year due to a new administration.  People are being let go (not being asked to return) and plans made for changes to positions and what is offered.  As an outsider to the process of what is being done and why, it has seemed unnecessarily rough at times.  I could understand if my fellow workers felt as if no compassion were being shown to them during these changes. If you are not on the receiving end of positive events, then any changes could seem rough and uncaring.  Every worker should believe there is some compassion and empathy shown to them by their administration.  Right now, it appears there is a perception of a lack of motherly compassion due to how everything has been handled.  This could be very damaging to worker morale.  We will see how it all works out.

In this dream, I am shown that I have a new ability or quality available to myself, but I want to keep it to myself.

My husband and I were outside of our home, in the front yard.  As we stood there, a baby deer walked up to me and stood quite close.  We had never seen him before and didn’t know anything about him.  We stepped into our house to the living room and left the front door open.  The baby deer followed us in.  He lay down at my feet as if he belonged to me.  I liked him but didn’t want him in the house because of the mess he would make, being a wild animal. I picked him up and held him.  He did not resist or fight but lay calmly in my arms.   I took him to my fenced-in backyard and laid him on the ground.  I told my husband he would be safe there and wouldn’t make a mess in the house.

Husband-my actual husband or what he represents to me

Front yard-what we show the world.  Awaiting what comes next in life.

Baby-new beginning/idea/or possibility

Deer-independence/nature/wild or gentleness/kindness

Front door-opportunity/idea/experience

Home-one’s personality or current situation or experience

Living room-associated with one’s state of mind or environment.  Could correspond to one’s daily activities or a more formal and public life

Backyard-What we keep to ourselves (secrets from the outside world)

Fence-confining oneself through the limits of emotions, beliefs, or circumstances

In this dream, I have an idea of myself that I show to the world (front yard).  I try to use logic (my husband) to do this. I find a new possibility/idea (baby) comes to me of being more gentle and kind (deer).  This is a new opportunity/idea/experience (front door) that I allow to enter into my current personality/situation/experience (house) and into my daily activities and/or even my public life (living room).  But I am worried this new gentleness/kindness will make a mess of my daily activities/public life, and try to keep it to myself (backyard).  It is indicated that I am confining myself due to limitations of my emotions, beliefs, or circumstances (fence).l

The message of the dream is that I have a new aspect of myself which can be a blessing  and quite wonderful in its effect, but I am limiting myself to its possibilites.  I have personal beliefs/emotions/circumstances which make it difficult to accept this new aspect of myself and allow it to be a part of my daily activities and/or public life. This can be true of anyone when experiencing something new which they didn’t expect.  Even when we develop some new aspect of ourselves which is better, sometimes it takes us a long time to allow it to show through in all areas of our life. My logical mind (and personal limitations) are keeping me from allowing this new aspect of myself to show to others.  But if this is a permanent change within myself, it will eventually show through whether I want it to or not.  I must learn to accept it and let it shine through without causing any harm (messing in my living room).  This is difficult for me, as I have tried other changes that didn’t seem to work well.  This causes me to try and control  this new aspect of myself (fenced in back yard).  Again, even if I resist, as long as I accept this new aspect of myself, I will be unable to confine it permanently.  It will eventually show itself in areas of my behavior and life that I wasn’t planning on.