Just last night i dreamed that i was with some family members and friends (people i don't actually know) at the beach. I think it was a beach here in California. All of a sudden the water started pulling way back into the ocean (like hundreds of feet) and people were walking out with the water and people were driving their SUV's and trucks out onto the beach following the water too. I remember being afraid for the people following the water because i knew there would soon be a wave. sure enough, then there was a big wave and it flooded everything. i remember grabbing onto something that looked like the statue of liberty, but it was a huge statue of mickey mouse instead. I was not scared to be holding this....it was kinda like a ride. There was a little row boat next to me and the mickey mouse. the boat had my mom and dad in it. they were telling me that soon the statue was going to drop and i would be pulled under the ground. that is when i got really scared and woke up.
what does all this mean?

Interesting. I remember reading about the tsunami that happened in South Asia a few years ago. Someone reported seeing the tide pull way out hundreds of yards and knew instinctively that it meant a tidal wave was approaching. They ran further inland as fast as they could go.

What I gather from your dream is that your instincts are telling you that you need to be cautious in a particular situation and are thinking of ways to do this.

The statue may be a representation of something that worked in the past but will no more. Mickey Mouse is a Disney character that children recognize. So maybe what you need is a more "adult" approach to the problem this time. The dream told you this by the fact that it would not sustain you, but "sink" you.