Traveling in Circles

From the Tyldwick Tarot, the Six of Swords; from the Antiquarian Lenormand, the Rider:

          When the mind finally sees beyond the chaos and emotional turmoil, it sends a directive to leave it behind. With the world map and globe in this card, it may seem the world is our oyster. Yet the Rider shows up with an important message we need to hear before leaving. Before we run away from those external situations that seem to be causing our problems, we need to pause and consider the part we played. Without changing our habitual patterns, we will likely recreate exactly what we left in a new place.

Without knowing it, we are coloring everything, putting our spin on it all.

If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing... We may only go in circles...

― Jon Kabat-Zinn