This week I'll be using the Neuzeit Tarot created by Walter Wegmuller and published by AG Muller. The 'oracle' I'll be using is a combination of two sets of Rory's Story Cubes - the original and Voyages set. These dice were created by Rory O'Connor and produced by Gamewright. Today's card and die are Five of Wands and Fire:
Two flowers rise tall, while a third struggles to catch up and two younger ones are shadowed beneath. If you've ever been the new employee or member of a group, you know how hard it is to be noticed or heeded by the old guard. They want to do things the way they've always done them, and they don't look favorably on anyone who wants to try something new that might disrupt the status quo. While such intimidation might work for a while, voices will eventually demand to be heard. It might cause an uncomfortable disruption, but something beneficial for all could come from it. What's the harm in simply listening with an open mind? The Fire die warns what could happen if people are continually suppressed and their needs and ideas ignored. People will eventually take a stand in a more aggressive way. As Parker Palmer said, "Violence is what happens when we don’t know what else to do with our suffering."
The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
~David Russell
reminds me of new people on lists/groups. Rather than consult the files of older members or heaven forbid read down a little while, they ask the questions that have been asked and answered 100's of times. Just a little work might even turn up something that hasn't already been suggested or asked. Can you tell this is a pet peeve? :)
ReplyDeleteI guess you don't know until you know, then it seems obvious. :)
DeleteThank goodness for the ease of supplying links!
It bugs me when people ask me a question, will say about real estate, knowing that I know, then interrupt with their assumed knowledge based on something like their friend's friend, friend, who bought a house 7 years ago. Why ask if you are not going to listen?
ReplyDeleteAssumed knowledge lets people feel they have some power rather than feeling vulnerable. But when they can't stop talking long enough to listen, that can be frustrating!
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