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Daily Mental Health Prompt: Seek a positive message to carry with you throughout the day and offer perspective.

Today’s draw is the Ten of Wands, which is traditionally a representation of overwhelm, burnout, struggling under too much responsibility, and can indicate a need to do some prioritizing and delegation.

Has then been combined with an affirmation card from The Az Oracle (Part 2), which says, “Radical self respect is a simple willingness to hold yourself in the high regard of love, even when others choose not to.”

Love yourself enough to give yourself a break when you need it. Love yourself enough to listen to your body and listen to your mind and listen to your emotions. Love yourself enough to hear what they have to say and understand that it’s okay to stop those things that are hurting you rather than continuing to carry on with them.

It isn’t other people you need to impress, nor their wants and expectations you need to fulfill. Take care of you first. Put you first.

The message in today’s cards is that if you’re on the edge and about to break, it’s time to start examining how you got there in the first place and who’s expectations you are allowing to push you to that point. If they’re your own, it’s time to reevaluate why you’re pushing so hard, and if they’re someone else’s… set the burden down, because it’s not yours to carry in the first place.

DECKS USED: GILDED TAROT AND THE AZ ORACLE PART 2

@lightningwildflower‘s March Reflection to Action Challenge
Prompts for March 28th and 29th

Saturn sextile Pluto: What foundation am I building for the future?

Top Two Cards (47 & 13) – Protection is not a one man operation, but rather something that you work together with others to accomplish. Each person’s skills work together with someone else’s to create a greater security overall.

You’ve learned that trying to do everything on your own isn’t the best solution, no matter how familiar and thus comfortable it may seem. You are learning to break these old habits, and to instead ask for help, delegate, and invite others in to assist and participate.

Grounding: What part of my life is beginning to feel more stable?

Bottom Two Cards (11 & 64) – You’re not feeling as swept away by uncertainty these days, and are stepping into the process of rebuilding the confidence you’d once had that last Autumn had so thoroughly trounced. This is taking time, and there’s a lot of uncertainty left to deal with, but the confidence you lost is there for the taking and you’ve begun the journey of reclaiming it.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Red Maple Leaf for Adaptability and Connection
Foraged Parmeliaceae Lichen for a “Breath of Fresh Air”
Green Aventurine for Harmony and Balance of the Heart
Carnelian Agate Mushroom for Focusing On Aspirations
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: THE ORACLE

@silkandsonder’s Journal Prompts to Feel Like Yourself Again 
Prompt No. 8

Who do I feel most comfortable being myself around?

Queen of Cups and King of Pentacles Rx – You feel most comfortable with those in your life that provide warmth and support while not casting judgement upon your eccentricities.

These are the people in your life that you trust to be vulnerable with, and allow your fears and uncertainties to show. They accept just not your occasional oddness, but also that softer side you that you try so hard to hide and protect.

Why?

Three of Cups and Knight of Wands Rx – They provide acceptance without making it their mission to change you. This in turn makes them feel safe, and allows you to be yourself without the need for masks and buffers.

Their love and caring, acceptance and lack of judgement give you a “safe space” for your emotions that you didn’t realize you needed until a few years ago when you started digging in and trying to explore your emotions for the first time.

Other elements included in this reading:
Japanese Cherry Leaf as a Reminder of Life’s Fleeting Moments
Beech Pods for Realizations that Foster Personal Growth
Onyx Stone Fox for Identifying and Connecting to Truth
Calcite for Gently Calming the Mind and Stimulating Insights
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: GILDED TAROT

I begged off the farm for one more day so that I could sleep in and try to catch up on the rest I wasn’t able to get enough of while traveling.