Genesis 41 - Just Dreaming

What is it with all this dreaming? Joseph gets into trouble with his dreams. Then he gets out of trouble by interpreting others' dreams. I wonder why dreams play such a pivotal role in these stories. Perhaps it's because dreaming is an unconscious act that bypasses our troublesome wills. Even though dreams can be obscure, on the other hand, they can often "cut to the chase" in a way that our conscious thoughts don't. This certainly proved true in the dreams of the Joseph story. Can it be that we think too much about things sometimes? Can we overthink an issue that God is putting in front of us? Maybe we should take the advice that we all got a long time ago and just... "sleep on it."