From the Idiosyncradeck Tarot, the Ten of Swords; from the Mixed Emotions Cards, Relieved:
If a given idea has been held in the human mind for many generations, as almost all our common ideas have, it takes sincere and continued effort to remove it; and if it is one of the oldest we have in stock, one of the big, common, unquestioned world ideas, vast is the labor of those who seek to change it.
― Charlotte Perkins Gilman
We grow up with a culture and society that firmly shape our ideas. As we age, we may drop some of our views and add others. But occasionally, the whole framework we've rested our purpose and meaning on comes crashing down - we see that what we've held dearly as righteous fact is only a skewed opinion. We had been believing what someone told us was true, often to keep us toeing a line. Not having that structure to rely on may leave us in an uncertain limbo. Yet Relieved suggests we look at it as an expansive freedom that gives us the opportunity to explore and investigate on our own. What amazing things we might learn!
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