Roll the Dice

This week I'll be using the Cosmic Tarot, created by Norbert Losche and published by U.S. Games. I'll also be drawing from L'Oeil de Lotus (Eye of the Lotus), created by Colette and Gérard Lougarre and published by Vox Arkhana. Today's cards are the Seven of Cups and Chance:

          This guy is so overcome by options to choose that he's fallen to his knees. He reminds me of an overly dramatic actor on a telenovela. The longer I live the more I'm beginning to realize that emotional fulfillment is not the same as a temporary pleasure. Joy and contentment are created within me, not from something outside myself. Consider Tom Bodett's words: “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” Notice he does not say someone who loves me and does things for me. I am the lover and the doer; I make my own happiness. Can the act of loving and doing be the reward itself instead of some outcome I'm trying to grab? Chance shows up with a roll of the dice cup to warn me to drop my expectations. No one can accurately predict what will happen and how things will turn out.There's nothing wrong with hope as long as it's not fixed, made of concrete and iron.