related to one or more of the major tasks of couple relationships can be very enlightening.
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Bonnie had a dream concerning the commitment she was feeling from her husband, Cory. It led her to speak more openly with him about it. At first she didn't even know that commitment was an issue until she had this dream.
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| | I am walking along the street in the city. Cars are passing me by. I am not really paying much attention until a particularly beautiful Cadillac drives by. It is so shiny. I realize that it is gold. I run to the stoplight at the corner to ask the driver where he got the car. When I look in I see the driver is Cory. I ask how he got the Cadillac. He says, "You have to really, really, want one." I am confused.
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Bonnie saw that in the dream, the car was really her beautiful, shiny relationship. She wanted one, but her husband said she had to "really, really" want it. She said, "I could see that what Cory meant in the dream was that I hadn't really wanted this golden prize enough. Maybe that has been true of my marriage." She then saw that she, not only Cory, needed to express a little more commitment to wanting the relationship.
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Building cooperation and community turned out to be the theme of a dream that Neil had. During a time when he was working hard at a new job and his wife, Meredith, was complaining about feeling neglected, Neil wasn't getting much sleep. He was concerned about impressing his new boss, and he was worried about his marriage. In this dream, he saw that getting cooperation and support could make a big difference.
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