Being Bold: At Work, In My Family, In My Faith

I had a lot of vivid dreams last night.

I had a dream I was at work, with the other women at work, only the work we were doing was a little different than the usual legal work we do. We were in teams and had all sorts of projects that we would get points for. Some projects were games, like how many items we could pick up in a certain time period. Others were chores, like baking and doing dishes. We might have had small legal projects, but the other things stood out more prominently in my dream. A male supervisor came in and got on one coworker's case for not doing dishes. I stood up and chewed him out for not treating us the way he treated the men. They got to work on complex murder cases and never had to do dishes. They never got chewed out for not getting things done on time. We got the menial tasks. Afterward, I was really afraid of backlash, but all the women were really proud of what I'd done. A few things changed, but the supervisor was still very dismissive of women and their ideas. One woman had asked about the legality of releasing a prisoner, and he didn't even listen to all that she had to say before telling her it wasn't possible. I chewed him out for that, too. I explained that he was technically correct, but he could have been a lot kinder by listening to everything she had to say and explaining why it wasn't possible right now but how it could be possible in the future. Once again I was afraid of backlash that didn't really come.

I had another dream I was talking to my cousin about her daughter, who had suddenly developed separation anxiety. I hoped that my desire to work part time after having a child won't cause separation anxiety for him or her.

In another dream, I was talking with a couple who had marital and spiritual problems. The husband might have been mad at the wife for having mental health or drug problems. I told the wife that I didn't understand everything she had been through, but that Jesus Christ did. The couple felt the love of God as I said that and we're able to heal. They had two children who had died that they were finally able to be at peace about.