Broken glass in a dream: meaning

What dream books say

Broken glass is read as shattered expectations, a fragile situation or a boundary broken. Walking carefully around it traditionally stands for treading lightly after a disappointment. Breaking glass yourself is usually read as releasing frustration or breaking free of a restriction. Stepping on it is linked to being hurt by something you did not see coming, while sweeping up the shards points to repairing a situation patiently. Some traditions read glass broken at a celebration as a happy sign. It can help to ask what in your life feels fragile at the moment.

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Has this come up in your dreams before? What was going on in your life then?

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