April 3 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and one of the #DailyCalm sessions in the @Calm app. Today’s session was about reconnecting to the artist that resides within us, born from the creativity and imagination of childhood.
Back then as a child, it didn’t matter if the end results of our creative play was good, it only mattered that it was fun. This disconnect from the end result created a joyous energy to creating that we often lack as adults, for as adults we’re too focused on avoiding feeling incompetent or foolish. This avoidance has us sticking to what we’re good at instead of exploring new things and creative exploration.
When we connect to creative play as if we are a child instead of an adult, we connect with the process of creating and the fun that it provides, and embrace a state of curiosity that allows our imagination freedom.
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Lost and Found Prompt for April 3 : Identity
Today’s draw is the Ace of Pentacles, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings and new opportunities in the areas of one’s finances, resources, health, labors, manifestations, and the physical world.
I love making things. I love the process of bringing an idea to life, and experimenting with what is possible to create something new and different. This is how I became a jewelry designer. The problem is? Something changes when your creative passion becomes your job. Instead of being able to dive in and just -play- with the tools and materials of the craft you’re working on? You have to worry about production time and value of the completed piece, as well as the pressure of making every piece beautiful and perfect.
The card for today is a reminder that sometimes we have to let go of being an adult and that “adult identity” that we carry with us as we grow out of our childhood… and just explore and experiment with something new and different. And remember that its something you’re new at. It doesn’t have to be good, just fun.
DECK USED: REIGNING ROUGE TAROT
April 4 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was eleven minutes long, and one of the #DailyTrip sessions in the @Calm app.
To be fair? I cannot remember what the session was about, and the little graphic and quote from the app is absolutely no help in figuring it out. I was struggling not to doze off during the meditation today, and I honestly think I might have been better served by a nap instead.
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Lost and Found Prompt for April 4 : Fairness
Today’s draw is the Ace of Swords, which is traditionally a representation of the seed of new beginnings in the area of one’s thoughts, intellect, education, logic and reason, ambition, or communication.
The little quote on today’s card is “use it or lose it” which immediately made me think of all those “great ideas” and other thoughts that we have… and lose… before we can do anything with them. It drives me -nuts- sometimes, thinking of all the good ideas that I’ve somehow lost on my way to being able to write them down or get started on them.
The thing is, though? There’s only so many hours in a day, only so many days in a week, and only so many weeks in a year. That means there’s only so much time to spare exploring new ideas. It might not seem fair, but we have to pick and choose. We can’t go after them all, even if we want to.
So maybe that flitting idea that escaped before you could write it down or do anything about it isn’t disappearing into the ether because life’s unfair, but rather just because life’s busy and you don’t have time right now to fit another thing onto your plate.
DECK USED: BAD A** UNICORNS TAROT
April 5 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was ten minutes long, and was one of the #DailyCalm sessions from the @CalmApp. The session for today was about the benefits of fostering a sense of calm in our lives so that we weather through difficult times more easily and with less disruption.
This is, in truth, the entire premise behind my meditation practice as a whole. It’s the reason I meditate, for I need that extra bit of calm that it provides me. Somehow, these ten minute sessions each day provide a touch of extra calm that is then carried on throughout the entire day.
That doesn’t mean that I don’t still experience anxiety or get worked up, but it means that it takes a little more to get me there, and it’s a little easier to come down from those moments.
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Lost and Found Prompt for April 5 : Commitment
Today’s draw is the Wheel of Fortune, which is traditionally a representation of luck (both good and bad), changing circumstances, the ups and downs of life, and the cyclical nature of life and the world.
In my practice, I often see the Wheel of Fortune through the viewpoint of a merry-go-round toy on a playground. When you are on it and it spins, you can stand in the center and get dizzy but stay on board, or you can stand outside the center and let the force of the spin throw you off.
Combined with the “commitment” prompt for today, This card encourages us to stick with the things we feel are important, no matter what ups and downs my happen along the way.
It is up to us to brace at the center when things become chaotic so that those things we have committed ourselves to can ride out the storm instead of flying off into the ether to be discarded or forgotten. Don’t let tough times cause you to give up on your dreams. Those tough times might feel like they’ll last forever, but they’re only temporary. That’s just how life’s cycles work.
Twisting the Leaf 