I am in an office (that I do not know) working on a project. The project is done in three big rooms on three long tables with papers strewn all over the tables. The rooms are connected with partitions and the partitions have been pulled back to reveal one big cavernous room. There are large hanging lamps in the ceiling.
I am slouched over some of the papers at 3rd table with an ex colleague (senior staff at the operations dept) and another current colleague. There are many items to sort through and I was supposed to go on leave. My current colleague mentioned that he will cover me while I on leave.
I went to pick up my things to leave and headed to pick up my shoes from the shoe cabinet. In this office, people work barefoot and there are three massive shoe cabinets, near the door and the shoe cabinets are filled to the brim with different shoes and are musty and dusty. However I discovered that someone else had take my shoes and as a result I am unable to leave the office. I search frantically through all the massive shoes cabinets and someone else (whom I do not know) came alongside to help.
I saw a pair of new shoes (black, with straps in front and heels), size 23 and even with the price tag of $28 on it. However these shoes are smaller than my current shoe size and I cannot wear it. The person helping me also commented: "why would anyone steal someone else's old shoes and leave the new shoes behind?"
In the dream, I was thinking "Oh dear, I am not able to go home without my shoes". I am also not willing to just pick up someone else's shoes and leave others similarly stranded.
I am a trainee taking the Dream Stories Interpretation Mentoring class and I am interpreting your dream to complete one of my assignments.
The dreamer is feeling it’s time to leave a large work.
In the natural it doesn’t make sense and doesn’t seem to fit and the dreamer may feel stranded, unable to work out what is happening in this situation.
The Helper in the dream is prompting / suggesting to the dreamer, it may be time to actually go, it will come at a cost , but there are new things to walk.
I also believe there is something else going on , but I can’t pin point it, this dream relates to a bigger work and situation that needs support.
@eternalcomics I am not certain that this dream relates to actually leaving the workplace, but certainly relates to some lack of peace in that place. The helper here is Holy Spirit bringing comfort and suggesting that the shoes have not been stolen (peace is not lost), but rather that something else is going on (new peace is coming as things change).
I am a trainee taking the Dream Stories Interpretation Mentoring class and I am interpreting your dream to complete one of my assignments.
I feel like the dream relates to your work / career. That you are working on a project in three big rooms which later are shown to form a big cavernous room shows the stages of the season of work you are in. You mention you are the 3rd table - this seems to suggest you are in the last stage of this season of work (or lesson that you are to learn in your current work situation). That you are working with an ex colleague and a current colleague also signals to me a transition of some sorts between the past and current. You are supposed to be on leave (i.e. you aren't meant to be there) in the dream; which seems to suggest that you're stuck at this last stage when actually you've been meant to move onto the next season.
This theme of being unable to move on is repeated when you find that you're unable to locate your shoes and leave the office. There's a sense of loss / something that has been stolen from you (someone else has taken your shoes). In this sense, shoes could symbolize your confidence and sense of competence at work. Someone else came alongside to help. I feel this could represent the Holy Spirit and that God is going to send help to sort through this mess.
The new pair of shoes could represent a potential opportunity but there doesn't seem to be a fit. Size 23 somehow brought to mind Psalms 23 (on how the Lord is your Shepherd and the One who will lead you even on this journey where things don't seem to align). I feel like the $28 price tag means the shoe is new. It's a new opportunity; a fresh start; God is giving you a new confidence and restoring your feeling of competence at work. That it's black with straps and heels also feels like it's a sharp and sophisticated shoe. Even though right now it is too small and you can't wear it, I feel that He is giving you a glimpse into the potential that you can step into.
The sense I get overall from this dream is that God wants to encourage you that He is with you, and He is your helper and your Shepherd. He will lead and guide you in transitioning from the old to the new; to help you get unstuck in this situation and to find the right fit moving forward in your professional career.
Thanks
I am a trainee taking the Dream Stories Interpretation Mentoring class Level 2 and I am evaluating your dreams to complete one of my assignments.
@skyseason, your interpretation is accurate and gave the dreamer very clear details on what the dream is about. You have shown great interpretation on working on the symbols and explaining every detail. It is better if you summarize and allow dreamer to ask what can she do and you can further share on application and align them to seek God for His plans.
28 is another description of multiplication and new beginnings which you got the interpretation spot on.