I first had this dream when I was about 8. I've had the dream about 5 or so times in my life, the last time being last summer. Even when I have the dream now, I am still a child in the dream.
It starts that I am in an old, large house with a lake in the backyard. There is an older woman with me, maybe someone related to me. We walk outside to the edge of the lake and the water is dark. However, I can see at the bottom of the lake there is a rose. Just one pristine red rose that never dies. I try to get at the rose but the older lady warns me I won't be able to reach it even if I swim down there. There is also a boat house beside the lake that I see but don't go in. And then I wake up.
The last couple of times Ive had the dream the older lady is not there. I try to swim down to the bottom to get the rose but never even come close somehow. I remembered the dream when I first had it as being VERY vivid, and whenever I have it now, it is also pretty vivid.
I'm not really sure what the dream means, but when I wake up I feel very good but also very unfulfilled. Any ideas what this means?