Write down your dreams every morning and track recurring symbols (Samantha's included tsunamis, fire, tornadoes, broken glass, car crashes and particular people) as clues to what you truly desire and how you want to shape your waking life.
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- "It's just a dream"
As a child Samantha felt her dreams were deeply important and would tell her mother about them, sometimes overcome with emotion, only to hear 'it's just a dream, don't worry about it.'…
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