I had a dream a few months ago about a white goose. I loved this crazy honking goose. It seemed it was dear to my heart. In the dream I went outside and there were animals resembling dogs or wolves threatening the goose. I called to the goose to come to me, that I would protect it and help it. But instead of flying to me, this goose instead chose to flounder around helplessly. He flew towards trees, yet never landed in one. Bushes were no help either. This goose just keep flying around. I woke before I witnessed either its salvation or its demise.
The goose was a message for me. As an empath, I find I am always trying to fix things. I try to help people as much as I can. It is in my nature to save the world, especially the downtrodden, the abused, the neglected, the underdog. The goose stood for victims, people in situations needing help.
As an empath I care about people. There are a lot of white geese in my life, people who need help, or support, or maybe even just a little boost. A few of them come to me asking for advice or help and I’m happy to give them what they need. Most of the time an ear and a hug are all that is required of me. Occasionally they ask my advice about a situation and I give them my best answers.
Then there are the geese such as those in the dream. These are the victims who need help, have it available, yet choose instead to flounder on their own rather than turn to someone else for help. There is nothing we can do for these people, other than to let them know help is available.
That was the message of the dream: No matter how much you want to help someone, you can’t make them accept your help and your love. You can’t force someone to be saved if they choose to remain a victim. It’s painful for the empath to know they are able to save these people, but their hands are tied to do so.
There is another message in this dream too: The only one who can change your life is you. This is the message for the victims. There is help and hope available out there. It takes courage to look for it and find it. It takes stronger courage to face the fears and the changes necessary to change your life. Leaving the comfort zone of what you know is a scary endeavor. It’s a big bad world out there.
I know someone who started her life all 0ver again from the ground up with only her family. She quit her job with the dream of another that fell through. She ended up living in a tent with her family for a while. They struggled. They lost a lot. But perseverence helped her get back on her feet again. She didn’t give in or give up. She knew the only way to go forward is to keep moving forward.
I needed both of the messages that dream brought me. There are changes I need to make in my life and unless I cross the boundary of my comfort zone I will remain stagnant here for the rest of my life. And I have to force myself to remember that I can only help the willing. Those who will not be helped are doomed to live or die by their own choices.
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