Joy Is Not In Things, It Is In Us!

There may be an upside to this very sedate Holiday time, what with so many people out of work and, from what I have been hearing, so many struggling with their loved ones who are ill or transitioning this Earth plane: we may be finally understanding that Joy and Love is found, not in the next big screen TV, but in sharing our lives and time with each other.
This has always been so, but we, in these modern times, have been distracted by the glut of Stuff with which we have, in our cleverness, created.
People have also been asking me if this shift may have anything to do with 2012....you know, the whole end of the millenia, Mayan Calendar thing. Let's see what the cards might say about this.
THE FOOL is the card that comes to hand.
The FOOL is the Alpha and Omega, standing on the precipice, waiting for the Inner Guide (Inner Shaman or Inner Child, as you will) to guide one across the abyss. Standing at the turning point, unconsciously one feels the tide is turning, something is going to happen. It has already happened, the shift has occured. One's spirit must move on, but the baggage and burdens of the past must be left behind. Only we can choose to do so. Now is the time to be clear and release the fear of failing. Open your arms to the challenges ahead fearlessly and travel hopefully into the future.
The FOOL is alwayts filled with Joy! S/HE embraces the possibilities with open arms.
We as humans are hard wired to view the unknowns of the future with Fear, it is our Spiritual Selves that can view the unknown with positive anticipation. Sometimes you just have to be poised on the precipice to see the vista unimpeded.
Like the FOOL, once we reach the edge, we must summon the courage to take the final step. The Fool always reminds me of that scene in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusdae: Indy stands on the edge of an abyss, nothing between him and the entrance to the cave that holds the Grail but empty space. Yet he places his hand on his heart, closes his eyes, and steps off the edge...and is UPHELD! A leap of faith!
We need to take that leap of Faith as we face our fears about the future and we need to trust in our own resiliency as we fgace transitions. You are stronger than you think.
Blessings
Cris
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