The woman he dreamt about.

I feel he dreamt of that beautiful woman, cuz that was what he wanted, his happiness, for others it could have been a canvas, or a journal, or a car or an opportunity to teach or praying for patience. What he got in reality was the complete opposite it seemed from the woman in his dreams, it was short hair, not long hair, tough and rude, not sweet and womanly, but all in all it was her, she just APPEARED a little different. I think that's one of the lessons packed into this heavy movie. We pray for patience, but we are blessed with an opportunity to practice patience, sometimes we can spot it, and sometimes we completely miss it.