From the Wheel of Change Tarot, the Ten of Swords; from the Oracle of the Dreamtime, the Whale and Starfish:
Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive. ― Edith Wharton
Genetti uses a garden shed to represent an individual's life. It is filled with tools needed to survive and thrive; the sharp tools are symbolic of the ideas and beliefs held. As we age, we may accumulate more tools that create a certain mindset. We become comfortable and complacent with what we think, ignoring the larger, changing world outside our door. Soon we develop an "us against them" mindset which cuts us off from others. Fear of of new developments led to selfishness and betrayal in the myth of the Whale and Starfish. The animals, living on a crowded island, heard of the land of Australia and wanted to use Whale's canoe to get there. When Whale refused, Starfish tricked him, giving the other animals time to sneak away. Holding tightly to what one has, whether ideas or material things, won't stop life from changing and transforming. It is much healthier to relax our grip and be curious than to try to set our preferences in concrete.
One of our slowest lessons twe learned is good tools aid good jobs. cheap, broken, already worn out, made of obsolescence... A wonderful thing once learned. Oh my gosh good tools make a job so much easier. And a lot less cluttered shed :)
ReplyDeleteI've learned over the years that neither the cheapest not the most expensive are the best. Those that do the job well and last beyond one year's use get my vote.
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