The Waiting Game

From the Fey Tarot, the Hanged Man; from the I Misteri della Sibilla, the King of Clubs (Doctor):

Patience is the road to wisdom. —Kao Kalia Yang

I was commiserating with a friend the other day who, like me, has a loved one recently diagnosed with cancer. We talked about the lab tests, CT scans and biopsies that got us to this point only to wait. She said, "It's like they hand you a bomb to hold and tell you they'll get back to you about dismantling it." And here is the Hanged Man, a fey holding his breath in the depths a strange world. Patience is not often something we practice willingly, but a mindset we are forced to adopt if we don't want to go nuts. Yet here is the Doctor (King of Clubs), who represents someone who is here to protect or solve a problem. Sometimes it's hard to remember these folks have many people to help and care for, not just us. Like waiting in line at the grocery store, we must wait our turn.