Thursday, June 6, 2013

Taking Control


Justice, Page of Wands, Ten of Wands - The Gilded Tarot

Justice is reminding me that the situation I'm in is a result of the choices I have made, and the choices I make now will affect me in the future.  That's not to say I'm in a bad situation.  Sure, I have challenges, but overall I have a good life.  This isn't a card of condemnation...or praise.  It's just a fact of life that the choices we make affect our lives.  We are in control of a whole lot that happens to us.

Getting very specific,...today I've been lamenting the fact that I'm not sleeping well and wondering why oh why can I not sleep.  Well, to be honest, there are a lot of bad habits I could change that might help me sleep better.

I believe the Page of Wands is me right now.  I'm taking baby steps toward changing some of those bad habits.  I'm trying to change my whole life, really.  I want to be healthier and more plugged into my life, and I have begun the process of change, but the Ten of Wands is warning me that along the way I will feel burdened.  I may feel that it's all too hard and be tempted to just give up. 

When I think about the fact that I have to make these changes for life, or go back to the same old situation I'm working so hard to leave behind, I do become overwhelmed, but this card is telling me to hang in there.  In time the healthy changes will become habits that I don't even think about anymore.  Naturally.

I can accomplish what I have just set out to do.  I need to remember my old mantra, "I can't fail if I don't give up." 

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
~Dale Carnegie


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6 comments:

  1. Yes!

    Absolutely. You can do it.

    I have the same issue, honestly...I get discouraged very easily and because I can be very intensely emotional and sensitive, I often get down on myself and that contributes to the feeling of 'why bother'....

    We're rooting for you, and commiserating. We all have our bad routines and habits.

    Hugs,
    MM

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    1. Thank you, MM. Your encouragement means a lot to me, and knowing there are others checking in and rooting for me helps keep me going, if for nothing else than to have some blogging material. ;-)

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  2. Interesting reading. I see a 'don't run before you can walk' thing going on here. That Page wants to pick up all of those wands up and change immediately. Doing so will overburden and overwhelm. Take those baby steps you mention and congratulate yourself at each step, taking a moment to appreciate the view. I'm full of cliches today, but Rome wasn't built in a day. Maybe Justice is telling you that your approach is greatly connected to your outcome?

    All the best , PLN

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    1. Yes, that's a good read! I'm very much an all or nothing kind of person and do tend to charge in and take on more than I can sustain. I'm trying hard to do things differently and build habits one at a time, but I'd be lying if I said the temptation is not GREAT to tell myself I'm not doing enough and I'm not seeing results fast enough, so therefore I need to just go for broke and change everything all at once. I started to say that very thing to myself yesterday, in fact. I'm so glad you shed that particular light on these cards. :-)

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  3. Totally agree with Prince LeNormand - I saw a message in the 10 of Wands to not take on too much at once. Like you say, you're taking baby steps, and that is great. So, celebrate each step, rather than criticising yourself for not having sprinted to the finish already :)
    Hugs,
    Kerry

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    1. Yeah, that is something I will need to continue to be aware of. Yay for baby steps!

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