From the Touchstone Tarot, the Seven of Cups; from the John Waterhouse Oracle, The Siren:
Like a waitress with a menu, a woman holds a sheet and asks us to choose what we think will bring us happiness and fulfillment. The inside joke is that there is no 'thing' which will bring us endless joy. Fun and pleasure are nice, but they aren't fulfilling. We live in flux, so even our desires and goals don't stay the same. The Siren shows a singing enchantress looking with complete detachment as a sailor (drawn by her voice) drowns. Ask those who live at death's door what they think would bring happiness, and their answers would be very different from those who who have forgotten life has an expiration date. Perhaps they might long to breathe painlessly with ease, to see another sunset, to hug those they love, and to spend more time doing good in the world rather than chasing the next pleasure.
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