New Doors

From the Shadowlands Tarot, the Six of Cups; from the Brownie Wisdom deck, "Early Train:"

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. 

―Corrie ten Boom

George Foreman once said that learning to enjoy today has two benefits, it gives us happiness now and becomes a good memory later. Ten Boom suggests the important part our memories can play beyond nostalgia - by being a key to our future. I find that as I age, it seems easier to slip into blue funks. Memories of good times past remind me how to move forward: gathering with friends, visiting family, or taking a risk and opening my heart to someone new. The Brownie card warns us not to procrastinate when we get into such a state. We need to use the keys we have to open new doors.

Legacies

From the Tarot of the Pagan Cats, the Ten of Pentacles; from the Brownies Oracle, 'Early Train:'

          Regardless of whether we have children or not, we will all leave a legacy behind. Even if our bank account is bulging, what will our lives relay about how we value other living beings and the Earth? Yet the Brownie brings up something even more important: nothing is acquired or sustained without effort.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

 —William James