Tea Cups and Companions

This week I'll be using the Tarot de St. Croix, created and self-published by Lisa de St. Croix. Along with it, I'll be drawing from the Archetype Cards, created by Caroline Myss and published by Hay House. Today's cards are the Seven of Cups and 'Companion':

          What cup of tea leaves would you choose? When trying to decide what aspiration or dream to follow, it's easy to be influenced by the outer portion of other people's lives. Yet what is not seen is the inner portion that contains their pain, loss and suffering. No life is perfect, but to find joy means we each must follow our own heart and head and not try to replicate someone else. But it's funny... sometimes we're not sure what it is we long for and desire. Life has distracted us with so many other things, that our clarity has become clouded. However a companion, a confidant with whom we've shared our intimate thoughts, may be of help. They may know the right questions to ask to prod us, pushing us to  think deeply, beyond superficial fantasies. Of course the shadow side of such a friendship is when we let them make our choices for us. Yet I am the only one responsible for choosing my own cup,  putting forth the effort to work toward it, and living with the consequences of that decision.

Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices

in the light of your own wisdom. ~ Amitabh Bachchan