Enjoy It While You've Got It

From the Albano-Waite Tarot, the King of Pentacles; from the American Pen Oracle, Robert Frost:

See how, just as drifting sands constantly overlay the previous sand, so in our lives what we once did is very quickly covered over by subsequent layers. —Marcus Aurelius

The A-W's wild colors for this card make it look like this King has been overgrown with moss or lichen. It reminds me of a photo I bought at an art show - an old pair of leather hiking boots covered in moss and nearly hidden by plants. It was titled "Back to Nature." It strikes me that this King, who has proven his business acumen, knows that either we will lose things or things will lose us. That's why he doesn't mind indulging in a few comforts or delights. Robert Frost wrote "Nothing gold can stay," but he also wrote “Live life like it's the last breath you take for that breath is the whole essence of living; the little things in life are what connects us to all the big things we live for.” Enjoy it while you've got it!