I use tarot and oracle cards as tools for reflection and contemplation. Rather than divining the future, they are a way for me to look more deeply at the "now."
"The goal isn't to arrive, but to meander, to saunter, to make your life a holy wandering." ~ Rami Shapiro

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Only the Fun Parts

From the Slow Tarot, the Knight of Wands; from the ROAR Oracle, Helen Keller:

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
― G.K. Chesterton

The Knight of Wands is not a settling down sort of guy; he's always looking for a new road to take with the promise of more adventures. He might be considered ambitious if he weren't so allergic to anything that was tedious, unexciting, unpleasant or difficult. He lives for fun and pleasure, seeking immediate gratification rather than whatever might require a long-term effort. He hasn't yet figured out that there is satisfaction to be found in the things he abhors. Helen Keller would challenge him to give it a try: "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

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