Fill It Drop by Drop

From the Stone Tarot, the Ace of Wands; from the Buddhist Quote Cards, Dhammapada 9:122 :

          Since the poem for the Ace of Wands is short, I thought I would include it in its entirety:

Don't tell me pollution

makes these numinous

magentas, that a clean sky

never burns so bright.

I'm not listening,

I'm lost in

sun. My lit heart

hovers near the mountain.

Alison Stone, "Ordinary Magic"

Can't you just feel Stone's passion as she warns the reader that her flame won't easily be extinguished? The wand is in full bloom too, even though most people would assume a cut branch wouldn't do so. Such fiery inspiration gets us out of our easy chairs and into motion. It is an exciting time that naysayers rarely can dampen. The painting on the Buddhist Quote card shows a person deep in meditation with branches above her head and roots below her. The Dhammapada verse reads:

With dripping drops of water even a water jug is filled. 

The downside to all that enthusiasm is that it can make us impatient. Yet just putting one foot in front of the other, taking one action at a time, can lead us to the finish line. Staying grounded by applying my ideas in concrete ways will eventually fill my container to the brim.