This week I'll be using the Granny Jones Australian Tarot, created by Granny Jones (Rebecca Jones) and published by Kangaroo Press. Along with it, I'll be drawing from the Button Oracle, a set I made for myself from a collection of buttons. Today's draws are the Five of Cups and Goldfish:
The pain is valid. The grief is valid. The anger, fear, and emotional exhaustion are all valid.
~Oren Jay Sofer
It's easy to get lost in our sorrow, to let it wrap around us like a blanket. We may alternate between despair and apathy as we try to find the path to compassion and equanimity. The big question becomes, how do we hold both our grief in our cupped hands without losing our gratitude? The Goldfish button is paired with a quote from the Tao Te Ching: "That which offers no resistance, overcomes the hardest substances. That which offers no resistance can enter where there is no space." We don't need to run from our pain or attempt to smother it with toxic positivity. Instead, we allow it to be felt while also remembering to peek out from behind our blanketed heart to see that there is still beauty, warmth and wonder around us.
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