Conditioning

From the Wild Unknown Tarot, the Six of Cups; from the Pictish Oracle, Cauldron:

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you. 

―Ruben Blades

Not just our genetics have shaped us. Like the seed that is planted - getting or not getting enough sun, water and nutrients - we too are shaped by our experiences and environment. We may learn that anger is okay but showing fear is not, or that kindness should be shared unconditionally. Like the potter's hands that mold the clay, we become conditioned to relate to life in certain ways. Yet all conditioned things are impermanent and changeable, as the Cauldron implies. Though we have incorporated certain emotional patterns, we can also learn and practice new ones. We don't have to cook up the same pot of stew every day.