Mint leaf

A mint leaf in a dream is the dream's image of a small addition that disproportionately changes a whole drink or dish. The mint is not the main; the mint is the single sharp note that reorganises everything else. The dream brings the mint leaf when something in your life — a small honest sentence in a long meeting, a single bright friend in a tired room, a brief gesture in an otherwise heavy day — is doing the same work, rearranging the whole by being added in a small amount. A mint leaf torn and dropped into clear water is the dream affirming the small generous use of the note. A mint plant overgrown and bitter, the leaves now too coarse to use, is the dream noting that the bright addition has been allowed to take over, and what was once a small change has become the whole dish.