Flowing and Flying

From the Shining Tribe Tarot, Temperance; from the Animal Tiles, Hawk:

          I have some friends and family members who believe life is full of misery, anxiety, and hopelessness while others hide their faces from all suffering and talk of rainbows, fluffy bunnies, and unicorns. Temperance reminds me not to be fooled into believing either extreme. Life is a river that continually flows and changes but never becomes stagnant. The only thing that can become sluggish is my mindset. Hawk sits on tree limbs and poles looking for prey; he does not care about how the cotton or corn is growing. In the same way, we can cherry-pick what we want to see and believe while ignoring everything else. Hawk suggests we take to the sky, adding spaciousness to our ideas rather than rigid opinions. There's good and bad, beauty and harshness in everything.