If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years as a psychic reader, it’s that receiving guidance from the Universe is often not the direct path to immediate bliss. For one thing, we’re here to learn certain lessons. Getting the answers in advance is uncool, so it shouldn’t be surprising when we are sent straight into a dark swamp on our path to enlightenment. Many of us have managed to wedge ourselves into some very dark corners through years of less-than-optimal decision making, so while the guidance we receive will always be the best available, that doesn’t mean we won’t have to do a lot of work digging ourselves out. 

I don’t know about you, but I have been trying to understand my dreams for 40 years, with only some success.

I follow all the usual advice, and read all the usual books, but the one absolutely definitive thing I have learned is this: if the memory of a dream suddenly pops into your head as you are doing something mundane, stop and notice it. Pay attention. Try to see how the dream is connected to that tiny action. 

You may even save a life.