From the Wheel of Change Tarot, Strength; from the Oracle of the Dreamtime, Reconciliation:
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
– William James
Do you ride your inner beast, or does it ride you? The normal human stress response falls into one of four categories: fight, flee, freeze, fawn (immediately acting to try to please to avoid any conflict). But often the threat is in our head only - there's nothing tangible to base it on. Our reaction is likely based on old mental patterns that run us like an automated machine. Reconciliation is a vision of the council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, a desire for respect, equity and justice for all people and beings, including the land itself. Such an action requires an honest appraisal, especially our own faults and assumptions. Both of these cards bring to mind a quote from Fred Rogers: “In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.”
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