Changing Our Lens

From the Ship of Fools Tarot, the World; from the Wisdom of the Four Winds, Kiore (Rat):

          The Fool appears weighted down by the World on his shoulders, but it likely comes from a new perspective that gives him a more complete understanding. When we see others through the lens of separation and exclusivity, it is easy to feel superior and judge our ways and opinions as the right ones. But when we cease to view life this way and use the lens of inclusivity, we see that we are alike in many ways (our hopes, fears, etc.) and recognize our interconnection. That is a knee-bending epiphany if ever there was one. The Kiore/Rat card parallels this idea. The Maori didn't judge the rat for how it affected them but admired it for the way it took care of its relations - laying scent markers to food sources and joining bodies to cross a stream. We can focus on what we dislike or what is admirable in most anything, but only one of these views will help us see from a wider viewpoint.

We're smarter and more innovative when we're diverse.

~Julie Sweet