Doing Something

From the Tarot of the Masters, the Chariot; from the Key to the Kingdom, the 'Five of Spades:'

          Goodness, that is a huge chariot; it's no wonder those small horses seem to be shying away from it. But that's pretty much what human thoughts, emotions, and instincts do when some new challenge is introduced (particularly when it looks a tad overwhelming). No matter how we much we want to accomplish a goal, the first obstacle will be reining in those horses and convincing them that things aren't as dire as they appear. The Five of Spades is paired with a counting rhyme about catching a fish that bites a finger (and is subsequently let go) then deciding to go home because of a broken fishing line. Add a day (or past event) like that to the Chariot, and it's easy to see that progress is liable to be slow and painful. Our brains will easily convince us that the goal is elusive and impossible to attain. But instead, perhaps we should take Neil Gaiman's words to heart:

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.