WTF

From the Norse Tarot, the Eight of Disks; from the Wolf Pack, 'New Beginning:'

          This fellow shows off his skill at making shields, though he uses wood mostly rather than metal. I'm guessing that although he has some knowledge and ability, he hasn't quite achieved the title of master craftsman. Until he perfects his art, he will continue to use wood. The Wolf Pack produces the card 'New Beginning,' suggesting a change from the status quo. Yesterday, Georgia's (Republican) governor announced that many businesses would be reopening - fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, hair and nail salons, and massage therapy businesses as early Friday, April 24 and theaters and restaurants on Monday, April 27. As of yesterday, Georgia has 19,399 confirmed cases and 775 deaths. Medical folks on the front lines are warning of a second wave of virus cases. I'm afraid our governor - with his family untouched in the governor's mansion - is aiming to please Trump. He's like the craftsman who thinks he knows more than he actually does and refuses to listen to those who do.

Re-framing

From the Sasuraibito Tarot, the Six of Cups; from the Soul Cards, New Beginning:

Clinical psychologist Rick Hanson wrote, "In effect, the brain is like Velcro for negative experiences, but Teflon for positive ones. That shades 'implicit memory' – your underlying expectations, beliefs, action strategies, and mood – in an increasingly negative direction." He suggests purposefully reliving joyful, gratitude-inducing events in the mind using sense memory to make up for this tendency. This is what I see the young man doing in the Six of Cups. Does doing this mean I will forget the lessons learned from the traumas and pain of the past? No, it's simply a way to balance out the darkness with more light. The vesica pisces shape seen behind the woman in the Soul Card is created when two circles with the same diameter overlap at each center point. The resulting almond-shaped figure has been seen as a symbol of birth and new beginnings - a doorway to a new frame of mind. Such a re-framing of how I think can change my habitual reactions to more skillful responses.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change;

  the realist adjusts the sails.  ~ William Arthur Ward