November 18 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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Today’s card is the Ten of Coins combined with the affirmation “These overwhelming difficulties will pass with time. There will be life after this.”
The affirmation for today is a reminder that hard times are temporary. When combined with the Ten of Coins, the reminder takes on new meaning as it promises that there is good ahead, if you’re only willing to wait through it and keep moving forward. Sometimes it can feel like the bad stuff is never ending, and there’s a reminder here, too, that even in those times we need to try and acknowledge the good. Even if it’s the fact that something tastes good, smells good, or feels good like a good food, hugging a stuffie, or a moment alone in the shower.
It’s hard to acknowledge these things when everything feels like it’s falling to shit. It’s hard to -see- them at all when you’re feeling at your worst, let alone see that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. That’s what these reminders are about. They are a reminder that even when you can’t see the light up there ahead in the dark? It’s there. It really is there; you just have to keep going to find it. And those tiny pleasures along the way? They’re there to help you take the next step… and then the next.
DECK USED: THE STORYTELLER’S TAROT AND IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY 2024 DAY-TO-DAY CALENDAR BY KATE ALLAN
November 19 – Mental Health Card of the Day
Today’s meditation was skipped.
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One Word Book Title Prompt for November 19th : Mindset
Today’s card is The Hermit card combined with the affirmation “It is better to handle life alone rather than stay with others who mistreat you.”
It can be hard to let go. Even when we know it’s what’s best for us. This is true not just for when it’s things that we partake in that are unhealthy, but especially true when it has to do with people in our lives. Most especially when it has to do with people in our lives we feel obligated to or dependent upon.
Its that obligation and/or dependence that holds a lot of us back from taking steps to make our own lives better, along with a healthy dose of fear of the unknown (and for some, fear of being alone).
Truth be told, though? Being alone isn’t really that bad. Especially when the alternative is unhappy togetherness, unhealthy connections, or abuse. It’s all in how you look at it. If you look at yourself as incomplete without another there to complete you, then sure, being alone is horrible. But, if instead, you turn your perspective to one of love and acceptance of yourself and self confidence in yourself and who you are? Alone is not so bad. It lets you spoil yourself as you like, enjoy the things you enjoy, and experience the things you want to explore.
This is true whether you are in a relationship or not. It’s true whether you are simply spending a day on your own, or living alone long term. It’s all in how you look at things, and how you approach that time alone, on whether it’s something healthy and happy… or a fear that holds you back and traps you in an unhealthy situation.
Twisting the Leaf 