Trial By Fire

A “trial by fire" is an idiom defined as a test of one’s ability to perform under pressure but, that singular definition alone would be contrary to the definition of idiom for allusions have a tendency to have multiple meanings as it applies to different situations. It is a test of determination and skill mastery or, the ability to master a skill within itself. The weak burn in the flames while the strong become one with them.
I have found that fire in dreams is the intensity of the emotional experience in the dream itself. It’s part of the truth that our unconscious is revealing. It is forewarning, so that we might find balance.
The Phoenix, as the righteous man in proverbs that may fall many times only to rise again, is eternally reborn from its ashes. So in this sense,  the failing of a trial by fire is simply an opportunity to be reborn. A chance to grow and evolve. 

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Johnny R Draper 

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