From the Legacy of the Divine Tarot, the Ten of Swords; from the Tea Leaf Reading Cards, Cherry:
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The psychologist Albert Ellis said that one of the habits of crooked thinking is "musturbation," when we are driven by irrational shoulds, oughts and demands. I know of three isolated, older women who are constantly compelled to correct people. This tendency doesn't have anything to do with remedying misunderstandings or misinformation, but the drive to bulldoze over any actions or conversations that don't align with their interests, assumptions and opinions. As "experts," they believe it is their duty to straighten people out - not through discussions but through demands or drama. Cherry symbolizes that which is sweet but transient. Why waste our lives blowing up relationships when we could be enjoying them? As Edward Weston wrote, "A lifetime can well be spent correcting and improving one's own faults without bothering about others."
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