I use tarot and oracle cards as tools for reflection and contemplation. Rather than divining the future, they are a way for me to look more deeply at the "now."
"The goal isn't to arrive, but to meander, to saunter, to make your life a holy wandering." ~ Rami Shapiro

Friday, July 3, 2015

Play Hard, Play Fair

From the Victorian Romantic Tarot, Justice; from the Flowers' Messages Oracle, "Black-eyed Susan:"
          My two oldest grandsons are at that age where they enjoy playing board games. Unfortunately, they haven't gotten to the point where they are gracious winners or losers, and drama always erupts at the end of a game. Even at such a young age, they have been trained to "win" by coaches, teachers and society. When they play by the rules while using their best strategy and still lose, they think life has treated them unfairly. Whatever happened to having fun (the black-eyed susan's message)? Even in the adult world, it seems the competitive mindset has infiltrated all our activities. With a "winning is everything" attitude, some people are tempted to tweak things so the results come out in their favor. But while the world may love the winners, it surely hates a cheater. Justice will be served and accounts will be paid. Play hard but fairly. As an Italian proverb states, “Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.”

6 comments:

  1. I love the verb. I think this desire to win is deep embedded in our little brain. The fact that we don't kill the losers anymore is a huge progress. Luckily we have learned some new standards over the ages and hopefully we will keep on improving them. For now we will have to teach our young ones play by the rules and that it is more about the game than about winning :)

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    1. I guess not killing the loser is some progress! :D It would be nice to teach the young ones to do their best, not to win, but so they will leave a legacy of the heart behind. I think we forget we don't get to take our trophies with us.

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  2. Ah, glorious black-eyed susans! If their message is 'fun' then bunches and bunches of them should be planted in all our gardens ;)

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  3. Interesting Justice, looking down on an angel. Fits with your post, letting our discriminating get the better of our Higher Self :)

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    1. I guess it's good to know even angels aren't perfect. :D

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