The One that Nurtures

From the Hezicos Tarot, the Two of Swords; from the Way of the Horse Oracle, Promise:

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.

– Nelson Mandela

What do we do when making a decision leaves us caught between a rock and a hard place? Griffin suggests this moment of indecision reflects a time of feeling vulnerable and defensive, which tends to close minds rather than open them. Yet as Omar Bradley wrote, "we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live." Promise, with a painting of a mother and her new foal, represents nourishing new life. It implies that the better choice might be the one that nurtures rather than manipulates (ourselves or others).