"...the child has not yet become a slave of the expectations of habit... He comes utterly without preconceived opinions... The child perceives the world as it is, without putting more into things than he experiences” ~ Jostein Gaarder
There
are days when I am world-weary and days when I delight in wonder. I
wish it were as easy to turn off my expectations and preconceptions as
it were a light switch. In the image above, the snake that sheds its
skin and the butterflies that have changed from caterpillars remind me
what worlds can open up - how I can be transformed - when I stay in the
moment and trust the process. And while my logic tells me that kid is
trying to walk on something that isn't solid, another part of me knows
that this chair I'm sitting on isn't either...
From the Mirrors of the Heart deck comes "Trust:"
From the Mirrors of the Heart deck comes "Trust:"
When
I first saw this card, I didn't like it, but not because it is so
simple. I wanted to understand what I was looking at. Is it a shadow
on a stone? Is it a figure under a sheet? I wanted to know, yet
I couldn't, as there is no booklet that comes with this deck. I am a
naturally curious person who likes to observe, make notes, analyze, and figure things out.
And if I can't decipher it myself, then surely there must be a book or
something on the internet that will inform me... Trusting in what I
can't see or know is a tough one. But I know it is in that place of
unknowing, that place of mystery, where I will find serenity and beauty.
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