One striking dream involved a business company for which I consulted and eventually joined the staff, working with advertising and communication. I dreamed, I am putting glue on my face, which dries to a film like a mask, and I think of putting it on my penis. This dream occurred just as I was getting involved in the company, which indeed sold an adhesive (though not intended for the body). Yet I did not know what to make of the dream. A few days later, one of the officers of the company joked with me that perhaps the glue would be good for patching condoms. And then, as I became involved with the job, I found myself writing advertising material that was disagreeable to me. I had to go along with attitudes that at least were not discussed to the point of agreement. So I felt sometimes that I had to present a mask and was impotent to express my own opinions.

In an even more explicit dream regarding the same business company, I am observing or assisting with a stage play. The leading man is unfortunately a bad actor. He has to be replaced after the first act. I take his arm and explain that this is the way it has to be, and lead him off. Now the second act is going on, the new lead is playing his role. Things are going well. I am on the second floor of the building, talking with the director and watching the play. Months later, the conditions in the company paralleled the dream. The initial development (act one) had been done, but the next step of marketing was stalemated, and the chief executive officer of the company was not doing the job. At the request of the Board of Directors, I asked him to step aside and allow a new officer to take up what we described as phase two of the company. And I was moved up to the Board of Directors to observe this second act.

From experiences such as these, I have learned to watch my dreams carefully as I undertake new projects or as important  activities  in   my  life  approach.   I  find  that   my