Monday, April 10, 2017
The Power of 'Should'
From the Vision Quest Tarot, the Two of Fire (Wands); from the Bird Cards, Canary:
The Two of Wands is given the keyword 'Will' (the Thoth assigns it 'Dominion'). Here is the power and desire to do something, but two questions naturally arise: What should I do? What do I want to do? Those 'shoulds' generally advise me to stick to what has been working and avoid branching out into the unknown. But the desire to expand beyond the horizon has a strong pull that will give my creative side room to flourish. The Canary, a songbird known for its bright yellow color, represents cheerful optimism. Would I want to put that kind of enthusiasm in a cage or (even worse) in a coal mine? Such is the power of the 'shoulds.'
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I usually to go for "want" when the "shoulds" have been taken care of for the day. I had a friend who did just the opposite and I've always envied her for that
ReplyDeleteP.S. When our canary has been living in cage for a long time beware it won't smash his head against the windows on his first free flight
I think sometimes the responsible 'should' can be good, but other times it is a way to repress anything outside tradition (not so good!).
DeletePoor little canary! We have birds in spring who do fly into our house windows.
Lovely card both of them Lots of light. I heard the song, "I Can See Clearly Now" when I looked at those cards. May you have a bright, bright sun-shining day.
ReplyDeleteGone are the dark clouds that had me blind... Hope it will be a bright, sunshiny day for all of us! :)
DeleteOur 'shoulds' are often externally structured so in some ways easier to tackle than what we want to do which is less well defined and requires us to do the work of structuring. Sometimes I think I use 'shoulds' as an excuse...
ReplyDeleteNow that's food for thought. It is much easier to do steps 1, 2 and 3 than to figure out how to do something with no discernible structure!
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