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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 Eight of Wands (Fire), which is traditionally a representation of action, speed, alacrity, fast paced events or change, or having a target goal in your sights that you are charging towards.

Note: The Eight of Fire came out as reversed in this pull and is significant in this instance, depicting an aberration of the above traditional meaning.

The Eight of Wands has then been combined with an affirmation from the Miracle Mantras Affirmation Deck, which says, “Healing doesn’t rush – I move at my own pace.”

I have a friend who recently tweaked her knee, and it’s been hurting for a few weeks now as a result. Sometimes, she babies it as it needs to be babied, with ice packs and rest. Then? She gets impatient and tries to force it to let her do what -she- wants to do, regardless of where it is in its healing journey. As a result? Her recovery is taking much longer than it normally would, because she keeps re-injuring what’s trying to heal.

Just as you have the choice of moving through life at your own pace, you need to give yourself the grace to heal at the pace that is healthiest for you, whether these injuries are physical such as mentioned above, or emotional, psychological, or spiritual. That means don’t rush, don’t push, and don’t demand or hold unreasonable expectation on what “should” be happening.

Instead, let yourself go with the flow, taking the currents at the speed that they are meant to be taken at. There’s no rush because there’s no end goal here. The journey is itself a process of betterment that never ends.

The message in today’s Eight of Wands and affirmation card is a reminder that some things have to go at their own pace instead of being pushed along through determination and willpower. Healing is one of those things. Give yourself a little grace to heal at whatever pace is needed to make the healing that’s happening stick.

DECKS USED:  FOLKLORIC WATERS TAROT AND MIRACLE MANTRAS AFFIRMATION DECK

The @ambitiouslyalexa July Journal Prompts

Prompts for July 18th and 19th

A pattern you’re rewriting

Stars and Cloud – You are allowing yourself to open up to new opportunities instead of shutting them down because they are frivolous or impractical.

In the past, you have always plotted your course through what is most practical and logical, most grounded and responsible. You’ve come to understand, though, that this is limiting your potential. In response, you have begun working on opening up to a greater range of possibilities.

A dream you’re ready to own

Sun and Volcano – You want the freedom and safety needed to believe that it is okay for you to go out into nature by yourself and not have to worry about needing an escort. Unfortunately, due to stalker issues, you have been unable to enjoy the deeper connection to nature that you need for a number of years now.

You accept your need to be able to let go of civilized constraints and be free among the trees by yourself, though, and have begun seeking out new ways in which to make this happen.

Other elements included in this reading:
Staghorn Sumac for Connecting with Nature and the Wild Within
Foraged Silver Maple Key for Bouncing Back to Thrive
Gneiss Stone for Patience in Moments of Discomfort
Clear Quartz for boosting Mental Clarity
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED: MESSAGES FROM THE SPIRITS OF NATURE ORACLE

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3-Card Spread Prompt for July 18th : About differences…

Why do people so often find differences between themselves and others to be uncomfortable or repellent?

Three of Water – Humans are, at their core, a pack animal. They depend on connecting with others with similar values and goals for support and for comfort.

When they come across something that they consider aberrant to what is their norm, it breaks apart the world view that is created when one surrounds themselves with similarities.

The differences become an uncertainty that breaks from the norm they have created for themselves. This is compounded by the fact that all of those within the circle of this individual’s norm also find whatever is aberrant being apart from them, and thus breaking away from their shared values and goals.

How can I be more accepting of those who display differences that I don’t understand?

The Magician – Ask questions. Explore. Take the time to use the tools available to you to make these differences become something familiar.

Just because it becomes familiar through these explorations and inquiries, doesn’t mean you have to adopt it as your own. It just means that you then understand enough to no longer be repelled by it.

How can I best present my own differences in a way that is more palatable to others?

Queen of Earth – You can make your differences more palatable to others by fostering a sense of stability through also allowing them to see the side of yourself that is similar to them. Because they are able to then relate to you through similarities, they will be more open and accepting of your differences.

Other elements included in this reading:
Dried Cedar Bundle for Protection from Negative Influences
Dried Rosebuds for Potential and Beauty Waiting to Unfold
Conch Shell Knot for Concentration, Clarity, and Determination
Rose Quartz for Gentle Kindness to Self and Others
Selenite for Purification and drawing in Positive Energy

DECK USED:  FOLKLORIC WATERS TAROT

I did some bare feet on bare earth time today.