Just Passing Through

From the Greenwood Tarot, the World Tree; from the Rune Cards, Ansuz-ash*:

          Potter's World card shows a tree depicting all four seasons planted in the middle of a labyrinth. When walking a labyrinth, there are times when the lane seems close to the middle, then on the next turn, it moves further away. Eventually, perseverance will lead a person to the center. Life sends us on the same kind of twisty paths as we look for spiritual fulfillment. But even when we seem to have found what we've been searching for, we discover there are more labyrinths yet to be walked. Life doesn't stand still and neither should any spiritual path. Each moment unfolds with new joys and challenges we must meet. The sturdiness of the Ash requires that we pick up the spiritual warrior's shield and spear (wisdom and compassion) once more. There's more to see and learn along the Way.

*Ansuz was split into three runes with the Anglo-Saxon development of the vowel system: o/god, a/oak, and ae/ash.