magic school

we are taking a magic class (harry potter style) our challenge is to use our faith and intention to travel on what seems an ordinary sheet of plywood, but when we focus and believe, it will hover and fly.  my partner and i are trying to ride the thing, but it keeps stopping and we fall off. we are going up a giant flight of stairs, and i try to free climb, finding a new challenge at each steep treacherous step. hand grips and supports fall off, there are machines that tell you to dance on a tiny ledge, and other strange assignments. we were given some magical food (biscuits with jelly and some other things) which helps us make our plywood fly, but we must ration it to last for our entire quest. we are trying to cross a river on our plywood, but we keep falling in. finally our instructor comes to tell us we are out of time and tows us back to shore, telling us that class is over for today,  and we will have to try again tomorrow.  my partner is tired, hungry and discouraged and wants to eat all the magical food.  i try to tell her we must save it for tomorrow's challenge, and i am trying to find some regular food for us instead, because those biscuits and jelly are mighty tasty and tempting!.....i wake up to write this dream and binge on my leftover valentines chocolate! i meant to save it in my purse to share with friends, but i ate it all.  this dream is a clear metaphor for life. each day we face many challenges, and we must focus with all our ability on our faith and intention in order to achieve goals, or even just to survive! if our focus or faith wavers, we fall and must try again. if we give in to temptation, we can be led astray and miss our goal. things go wrong, but we must keep striving. there are teachers who can lead us and advise us, but our strong will tells us to do it our own way. often those teachers aren't around when we are struggling, but come at the end of the day to remind us of our mistakes.  this was a very insightful dream, but i still compulsively ate the chocolate (eating healthy is an important goal i am struggling with.) now that the temptation is gone, i will renew my intention and go get some regular (healthy) food and stay true to my goal of getting my butt to the gym this morning!