November 15 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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One Word Book Title Prompt for November 15th : Grace
Today’s card is the Four of Cups combined with the affirmation “I will do my best to value myself today.
It’s important to remember that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side, it just looks that way from a distance, but up close? It’s just as messed up as your own lawn. Sometimes having (and valuing) what you already have is enough.
I feel that grace is a misunderstood concept. Something “old fashioned” that no one really thinks about anymore. It is a blend of poise, simple elegance, refinement, courtesy, and goodwill.
I see this theme a great deal in the Four of Cups, for in this card there is always an offer made, and a rejection of it. Yet, this rejection is not harsh or unpleasant. In this card, too, the offer is in the cups that surround the center figure, and yet the focus of that figure is on what is already in their possession.
The reminder in these cards is we need to appreciate what we have. To value ourselves. Who we are and what we have going for us. Don’t take these things for granted, always looking for something better or the next improvement. You are whole now… right now in this moment. Make sure to appreciate that… appreciate you. Your mind. Your personality. Your body. Your strengths. These things are yours and hold value far beyond the “what if” scenarios of the future and the daydreams of what “could be”.
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November 16 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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One Word Book Title Prompt for November 15th : Shadow
Today’s card is the Seven of Cups combined with the affirmation “Just because you are struggling now doesn’t mean that you always will.”
Sometimes our struggles are chosen for us by others or happenstance. It happens, and it sucks. But more often than that, our struggles are our own. We have made the choices that lead to them, even if we didn’t know that is what the result would be when those choices were made. We are also who chooses whether to bear them out or leave them behind, to learn from them or repeat them when we don’t learn from them, and how we react to these struggles in the moment. Do we make things easier on ourselves? Or do we pile on the hardship through self abuse and recriminations?
Today’s cards are a reminder that we don’t have to let the dark urges within us take the lead. We can take struggles and hardships with grace and make the best out of things, or we can do the opposite and throw a pity party while we cast blame. The latter gets us nowhere, and leaves us with the need to once again try to learn the lessons that this hardship and struggle is trying to teach us. Better to instead choose to look for the boon, seek out the lesson, and do your best to stay positive as you deal with what needs dealt with so that you can move on.
Twisting the Leaf 