December 1 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Healing the Inner Child Prompt for December 1st : Nostalgia
Today’s card is the Devil card combined with the affirmation “Have an ice day and stay frosty!”
A lot of the cards in the affirmation deck I’m using this month hold a great deal of nostalgia for me. Not because the characters are familiar, but because I remember these corny little cards (like valentine cards kids exchange at school) that we used to have for different holidays.
It reminds me of feelings and fun and childhood moments of hope. It reminds me of bushing hotly as I made little cards to give out because my parents wouldn’t buy the store-bought ones for me, and how fascinated I was with each of the little sayings on the store bought ones given to me on the day.
There’s danger in nostalgia, though. The same danger that lies hidden in pretty much anything pleasurable. For if you dip too far into it, you lose sight of reality. You forget about the bad parts, just as if you lean too far into thinking about the bad parts of your past that you lose sight of the good parts.
Today’s cards, for me, are a reminder that too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing. Balance is important. Take the bad with the good and vice versa in order to keep the scales balanced in your life and your memories based more solidly in reality.
DECK USED: WINTER MAGIC TAROT AND SELF-MADE CHRISTMAS AFFIRMATION CARDS
December 2 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Healing the Inner Child Prompt for December 2nd : Magic
Today’s card is the Page of Swords combined with the affirmation “Have an elf-cellent holiday season!”
There is a lot of really amazing things happening this time of year. Charity ramps up and kindness with it. There’s community events like parades and holiday bazaars. Gift giving and generosity rise.
It can be hard to enjoy, though, if you spend too much time in your head. Doing so can separate you from the warmth of the season and the bits of fun that it has to offer.
I hear a lot of people that bitch about the music or the crowds, etc. Fair. We all have things we don’t like about the holiday season. But what do you *like* about it? And more important yet, what do you feel ambivalent about that you might actually like if you gave it a chance?
Today’s card (combined with the Healing the Inner Child prompt) reminds us to stay open to the joy and the fun that this time of year has to offer. Don’t get caught up in the negative aspects, but reach for the positive ones to make these busy weeks ahead feel happier and warmer, lighter and more magical than they otherwise might.
DECK USED: SNOWLAND TAROT AND SELF-MADE CHRISTMAS AFFIRMATION CARDS
December 3 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Healing the Inner Child Prompt for December 3rd : Curiosity
Today’s card is the Queen of Swords (landed on the table reversed) combined with the affirmation “There’s no need to be so hard on yourself, you’re managing as best you can.”
I have met a few people in my life that have a woe that I personally have a hard time understanding. I’ve been thinking about them a lot the last little bit, because I ran into another one just the other day. These are people who have come to the belief that they have no true talent or skill. That they are a waste of space and time because they have nothing that they are good at, no hobbies or interests, nothing at which they shine.
And then… today’s cards brought to light an understanding of this mindset that I hadn’t considered before.
What drives inspiration? Curiosity does. It’s the spark of fire that gets inspiration started and us moving to explore whatever has caught our attention. And what kills curiosity? Internally directed negativity. It is the voice within us that tells us we can’t do something, that we’ll suck at it, that it’s a waste of time. That inner voice may have been created by someone else, but by the time we get to the point where we believe we are talent-less and without merit? It’s playing on repeat in our own heads.
The key to breaking this pattern comes in turning to that negative voice and saying “fuck you, I’m doing it anyway”. Not worrying about if you’re good or not and just sating that curiosity anyway. Letting yourself have fun with it, play with it, and mess things up.
Even when you -know- you might fail, it’s in doing it anyway in order to gain experience and just -see- what happens. Because if you don’t do that? You can’t learn. And if you don’t learn? You never find those things you enjoy and are good at. And yes… sometimes that negative voice in your head is going to whisper away in the background those things you don’t want to hear, but the idea is to not listen. To have some fun. To let your curiosity flourish. Experiment and explore.
Then… our of nowhere? You might just some day you just might surprise yourself by ending up being good at something you once were bad at… or good at something you didn’t ever even consider you might be good at. That’s how you find where personal talents lie and those things that you enjoy. Dive in, and have fun… and don’t worry so much about if you’re good at it or not.
Twisting the Leaf 