"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
Oscar Wilde
Dream symbol: Ladder
To dream that you are climbing up a ladder, suggests that you have reached a new level of achievement and higher awareness. It is indicative of prosperity, hard work and efforts. You may also be looking things from a different perspective. Alternatively, it may indicate meditation and prayer. You are setting forth on a spiritual path. Consider also the phrase of "climbing the social ladder" in which you have achieved status, power, or an important goal.
To dream that you are climbing down a ladder, suggests that you are escaping from your spiritual responsibilities. It is an indication of much disappointments.
To dream that someone is holding a ladder for you, signifies that you will find success and rise to prominence with the support of others.
To dream that you fall from a ladder, denotes the hardships, risks or failures you are faced with in your endeavors.
To see a broken ladder in your dream, indicates consistent failures in your undertakings. You may feel handicapped in pursuit of your goals.
To dream that you escape by means of a ladder, signifies that you will be successful after much struggle and obstacles.
**See The Meaning In Action: "Stuck At The Top"
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AP - Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive, newer targeted treatment, survived about as long as those on another course of chemotherapy.
HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks
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AP - Two years after the government urged making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks, there are small gains but still one in five people infected with the AIDS virus doesn't know it, scientists said Thursday.
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