How much important are dreams in our life?

Dreams are part of our subconscious mind. It has something to do with our suppressed feeling throughout the day. But, it can be vague. Because our subconscious mind just look for anything to symbolize what we experienced. So, if you dream about a certain old friend, it could be like you missed someone OR something from the past, but you refused to miss it. Then there comes the dream..

Dreams are sometimes confusing. My friend told me that its a manifestation of what we tried to escape in real life. I guess you just have to ignore it.

The very same thing has been happening to me! I have been having recurring dreams lately about my ex who is someone I have not seen or spoken to for almost twenty years! He hurt me very badly and it took me a long time to recover but I am happily married now with a child and I have no real thoughts or concerns about my ex during my waking hours. I can only put this kind of thing down to the subconscious. In my case in the dream I am introducing the ex to my new life and telling him about what is good about it now and I guess it may be about having picked up my self-esteem after he crushed it!

. . .because it gives hope to your everyday life. it sets a motivation in achieving your goals

Maybe there is something in your subconscious that is thinking in that guy. You try to think that he is not important for you, but inside of you, you think in that person, that's the reason you dream that. Or maybe you thought that day in anything that reminded you of that person.