June 1
Today’s meditation was eleven minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions in the Calm app. Honestly? I’ve been using this app since it first came out, and I have to say that I was really leery of subscribing to it (it’s not cheap, after all) for years, but it’s one of the best investments I’ve ever made as far as apps are concerned. They’ve put a -lot- into the app over the years and it’s hands-down my favorite app to use for meditation… even on days like today when I can’t for the life of me remember a single thing that was said during the session.
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Today’s card is the Ten of Pentacles combined with the affirmation “Hey friend, I know the self loathing feels productive, but life is just too hard to justify you being a butt toward yourself today.”
Right, so… Growing up, perfectionism was something to be expected. And that expectation then became internalized… which in turn turned into self-loathing, self-cruelty, and a really vicious negative inner narrative whenever you don’t live up to what are essentially impossible expectations.
The cards today are a reminder that those expectations are, in fact, impossible. And that instead of spending your time poking and prodding yourself into trying to satisfy them, you need to take more time to look around at what you’ve accomplished in your life and how you have built a life that includes others who love you and depend on you as well as a foundation that is steady beneath not just your feet… but theirs too.
Does it look like that impossible expectation you try to berate yourself into accomplishing? No. It’s better… because it’s all yours. A perfect fit for you and those important to you, which is much better than trying to wear a shoe that belongs to someone else.
DECK USED: HANSON-ROBERTS TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN
June 2
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s card is the Page of Cups combined with the affirmation “You deserve a good life.”
The affirmation in today’s cards begs the question… what -is- a good life?
I feel that the answer to this is different for everyone. It’s entirely subjective, and is up to our imagination to explore and define. Together with the Page of Cups, the message in today’s cards is about going after one’s dreams and allowing yourself to dream of the future instead of plugging along in the monotony of constant struggle.
We can achieve what we dream for ourselves, and have our own personal version of a good life… but only if we’re actually willing to dream it, and allow ourselves to see those dreams as something we deserve.
DECK USED: MANA-FEST TAROT LIGHT WEAVE EDITION AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN
June 3
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s card is the Ten of Wands combined with the “Evening” card that speaks of taking time to unwind from hard days and let yourself relax and recover.
The Ten of Wands is about overwhelm. It’s about taking on so much that we just cannot take on any more, and the burnout that can come from that overwhelm. It’s that last straw… the one that breaks the camel’s back.
The combination of the Evening card with the Ten of Wands is a reminder that to stave off burnout, we need down time. We need time to unwind and take a breath, to set down our burdens and let ourselves recover from the overwhelm.
These cards are an encouragement to do just that, and a reminder that we’re all human… we all have only two arms and two legs. Don’t put so much on your plate that you can no longer take the recovery time you need, or pretty soon you won’t be able to carry any of it at all.
Twisting the Leaf 