The Rules Have changed & Unrecognizable Friends

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Last night, I had an interesting dream that I was not going to record for our records. Until, Felicia, my minister partner, came back to me a third time, talking about the dream and the interpretation that was given. As she was speaking about it, an unction came upon my spirit. So, we decided to record this dream and its interpretation for our records and to share its content. 

TO FULLY UNDERSTAND AND BENEFIT FROM THE DREAM AND ITS INTERPRETATION, YOU MUST READ THE ENTIRE DREAM DESCRIPTION BELOW AND THEN LISTEN TO THE VIDEO WHICH INCLUDES THE DREAM INTERPRETATION. 

The dream I had was split into two parts. 
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PART 1: THE RULES HAVE CHANGED

The dream started off with me walking into a gymnasium. As I was walking, I was watching my feet. So, initially, all I can see were my 10 toes as I walked. As I watched, I noticed on at least 5 of my toes this white substance. It was like a strip of suntan lotion or something going down each of my toes. (This was on my right foot. I am not sure if there was any lotion on my left toes).

As I continue to watch my feet, as I entered the gym. I noticed I had on a pair of flip flop. I was also carrying a large black gym bag on my left shoulder. When I entered the gym, it was full of cheering people. That’s when I realized, I was there to play basketball. It seemed I was coming out of retirement or something like that.

At any rate, when I entered the gym, I immediately turned to the right to head to our locker room. When I heard someone yell, “there you are,” as she was running towards me. It was one of the team managers. When she caught up with me, she said, “the rules of the game have changed. We don’t get ready in our locker room. We give it to the visiting team. We need to get ready in the other locker room.” Then she proceeded to tell me the game is played differently from when the last time I played. That it was her job to get me quickly familiar with the new rules.

So, she proceeded to tell me the new game rules as we headed to the locker room. The new rules were as follows.
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• We only play 3 quarters
• At the end of the game, the rules switched back to the way women played basketball during the 50’s and early 70’s – a six on six – where 3 girls were the shooters, and on the opposite end of the court were the guards who protected the basked against the opposing team. And then she proceeded to say something I thought was weird. “Then, at the end of the game, you must drive or slide after the ball.” 

​I looked at her confused as we entered the locker room and then this part of the dream ended. 
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part 2: shopping with unrecognizable friends

I was in a shopping mall shopping with a friend whose face I could not see at the beginning of the dream. (It was not until the end of the dream that her face was revealed).

We entered a store in the mall. In the dream, it appeared that I was very well off financially. But I was very cautious about how I spent my money. 

The first section I went to was the panties section. A little boy who was with me picked out a few underwear he thought I would like and took them to the cashier. She was about to ring them up when I said. “He can’t pay for that. But you can hold them for me.” So, I continue to shop. As I was shopping, I noticed the cashier kept looking at me. But not as if she was watching for security purposes. But it just seemed weird as she watched. As I moved throughout the store, I noticed people were watching me. Some of the people I saw looked very familiar, while others did not. 

​At some point, I found a few pieces and headed to the cash register to pay for them. This is when I noticed in the dream that I was pushing a baby stroller. I handed the lady behind the counter my items, which she took and said. “You really don’t recognize me.” I looked at her puzzled. So, she repeats herself, then proceeded to explain how we knew each other from our past. After she shared our past, I really could not remember the events she described but pretended as I did. This caused me to look around the store nervously and I noticed most of the people were watching and listening to this interaction as if they felt the same as her.

She didn’t get the reaction or response she wanted from me. So, she proceeded to ring up my items. She gave me my total. And then I reached in the baby’s stroller where I had concealed my wallet. I noticed my wallet was open. One of the zipper parts was left open. Where I kept my cash, it was left open and it only had $5 in it when I knew I had more cash on me. I didn’t want to make a scene in the store. So, I assumed my friend who was with me or one of the kids took some of my money and fail to tell me. So, I went to get my credit card but where I keep my card, it was not there. As I scramble to find my credit card, I become upset. I eventually found it in a spot I don’t keep it and handed it to the cashier. She then asked for my ID. She explained that she knows me but if she doesn’t ask for it, she can get into trouble.

I reached for my driver’s license. But it too was not where I keep it. As I scrambled looking for it. I vented to my friend who was with me. But when I looked at her, she had this guilty look on her face. So, I asked, “did you move my ID?” But at the same moment, I finally found my ID. But when I pulled it out, it was cut up. So, I looked at her asking, did she do this. That’s when she said yes and her face appeared. And then the dream abruptly ended. 
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The dream interpretation

Click the video below to hear the dream interpretation.