Back story:

I was planning a surprise bachelor party for my little brother in NYC. Coffee, softball in Central Park, coffee, plane tickets, pizza, adjoining suits in Times Square and COFFEE. I was consumed with the idea for months, calculating every detail to secretly fly 12 guys to NYC. The day of the trip, I’m stuck behind hundreds of people in airport security as my friend texts me, “8 minutes til gate closes. I’m stalling them.” Everything was under my name, paid in advance and non-transferable. I had everything in my hands down to the bat and softball. Forgetting all decency, I cut the line and sprinted to L-7. The stress of almost missing that plane haunts me to this day. Sitting on that 6 AM flight from O’hare to La Guardia, I wrote out a dream from a couple nights before.

I had a dream:

I’m watching a plane attempt to land over a wall. Missing the landing by inches, the plane crashes into the brick wall, exploding upon contact. Sabotage?  No, it was pilot error. I whip out my phone to film the wreckage.

Meaning:

My plan/plane almost crashed and burned. I had perfectly calculated everything – so I thought. But, a slight miscalculation almost prevented me from landing this plane/plan, potentially losing thousands of dollars and ruining my brother’s bachelor party. Thankfully, this only served as a lesson to divide responsibility and not take everything into my own hands.

Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. -Proverbs 15:22

Back story:

Straight out of college, I started helping my uncle promote a product he patented. We were up against a 3% success rate. I visited dozens of local stores, sent hundreds of letters, set up a website, etc. My uncle was going a million miles an hour with ideas. For me it turned into a drawn out summer gig. I couldn’t bear the thought of quitting, but I had to get on with my life. I held off for months, not even canceling the automatic payments from my credit card for a dead website. Finally, a dream brought closure.

Dream:

My uncle and I got tangled up in each other’s jackets. He’s trying to run as I’m trying to slowly carry a giant cake.

Meaning:

My uncle and I were in different stages of life. This “partnership” was hindering each of us from our current assignment. It was perfectly alright to go our separate ways.

Backstory:

My cousin Margaret starts to fall for a guy that’s pursued her for 3 1/2 years. Not really knowing how to approach him with the news, she has this dream.

Margaret’s Dream:

I come up to Andre and kiss him right on the lips.

Meaning:

Just be honest and straightforward.

An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips. -Proverbs 24:26

Better is open rebuke than hidden love. -Proverbs 27:5