Are you crying over spilt milk?
Like all great art, the individual Tarot cards tell a story. For some reason I woke up thinking about the 5 of Cups from the Morgan-Greer deck, my favorite deck because of the vivid coloring and imagery (unfortunately not captured in this scan).
This story is a simple one. The individual in the picture has 5 cups, three of which have spilt out on the ground. Seeing his hunched shoulders, one can feel his mourning for those cups and the lost joy they held.
However, what we can see and he cannot, are the two upright cups behind him. They are still full and still available to him. However, by his focus on the 3 spilt ones, he actually loses the joy of all 5.
I love this card because it is a poster child for “Completing the Past”. Whatever is lost, be grateful for the time you had it and let it go. Allow yourself to learn the lessons intended to be learnt and to come to terms with the fact that it is no longer in your life.
Then… TURN AROUND and SEIZE THE FULL CUPS. Focus all your love and attention on those joys still available in your life. Only in this way can you become your best self.
What past loss are you still grieving? What steps can you take to shift your focus away from the loss to what’s still there? Please share your experience.
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