A
elderly woman sits in a throne-like chair, with her boney knees and
shoulders protruding. Her body has seen and experienced many things in
this life, and she holds that wisdom within her. The verse that is
associated with this card says: My world may be smaller. My soul is not.
I spent about three hours with my mother-in-law yesterday; she'll be 91
at the end of this month. Like this woman, she can't get around like
she used to, but that aging body contains a world of wisdom. Her life
occurs mostly on the inside now, but that is no less of an adventure.
She teaches me to value the lessons my body has learned through
experience, as well as the wisdom it still has to teach me.
The card pulled from the Transforming Dragons deck today is "Antalgo:"
This
dragon's head is so hard it is frequently mistaken for a rock. He'll
never be accused of being flexible, spontaneous, or open-minded. His
lesson is to remind me that I don't know everything, that my perception
is only a view from one point, and that being a rebel sometimes
means just being obstinate. There are older and wiser people in my
life, who have already traveled the rivers I'm about to go down; if I
can open my ears and listen, I might miss some of the boulders and find
the paddling much easier.
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