Making a promise
Committing in words to a future act — placing the self under a self-imposed obligation.
Making a promise in a dream is the dream's image of placing the self under a self-imposed obligation through words spoken in front of a witness. The promise binds the speaker more than the listener. The dream brings the promise when something in your life — a commitment to a child, a vow to a partner, a statement of future intent at work — has reached the moment of being spoken out loud and entering the record. A promise kept across years is the dream affirming the held word. A promise made easily and forgotten by morning is the dream noting that the binding force of the spoken word has been treated as if it did not actually exist, and the witness will read the casualness.