Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness. ~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi
The SJH card shows the last raindrop splashing into a puddle. The thirst of the earth has been quenched, and the dark storm clouds move away as a rainbow appears. Life can empty my cup, but it can fill it up again too - if I let it. I've been in emotional places where I was so angry and hurt, I kept my cup turned over. I refused to let it be refilled. Perhaps it was my fear of having it emptied again. But this is the human experience in all its glory, this sorrow and joy, this emptying and filling. The Raven Card reminds me that when I'm in the "refilling" process, my ranting and raving about the unfairness of life doesn't do anyone any good. It is my heart's soft spot that connects me; it alone has the opening that allows me to receive so I can ease my thirst.
