Be Constructive

This week I'll be using the Tarot of the Cat People, created by Karen Kuykendall and published by U.S. Games. I'll also be drawing from the Insectorum Divinorum, created and self-published by Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle. This morning's cards are the Six of Swords and Predator:

I’m very headstrong. Once I’ve caught fire, there’s no dousing the flames — all engines full speed ahead. ―Adachi Zenko

The booklet uses the word 'headstrong' in a description of a card that generally means leaving to find calmer waters. But if we have to leave every time someone annoys us with their opinions or beliefs, we're going to be doing a lot of walking. We're about to have some important elections here in Georgia, so naturally Facebook is full of political posts. People that I thought had common sense are posting and reposting some obviously untrue things. My first reaction is to get off social media, but then I decided I would start fact checking these posts through independent sites such snopes.com and politifact.com, then post what I find. No arguments, just facts and information. Predator is illustrated with bats, a mammal that can consume their body weight in insects every night, including up to 1,200 mosquitoes an hour. Social media will always have its trolls and pot-stirrers, but if we don't react angrily, they don't get their fix. As Paulo Coelho wrote, "It's more intelligent to be constructive."