People who do not live with disabilities have no clue how difficult even the smallest tasks can be. I make it a point to be grateful that I am not blind, that all of my limbs function, that I still have most of my teeth, that I can hear (even annoying sounds), because daily I am reminded of what I can NOT do. I just spent nearly 20 full minutes running up and down the stairs, opening doors, peeking under crap, returning to my original position here at the keyboard, tragically to repeat the process. I wrote up some things today (yes, on some old scraps of envelopes and the back of a hot sheet from Dan’s briefing last night), and then…. they were gone when I went to tell you about them. Seriously, being mentally handicapped is… well hell, it’s a damn handicap. (Let’s blame my mother, we all got this swiss cheese brain from her anyway. I’m going to see her tomorrow, I think I’ll tell her.)
Right, so where was I? Ah yes, the foreign license plates du jour. (Ha ha, found my notes!) Not many actually, one Florida, another Utah (getting tired of that one, hope it isn’t the same car over and over, or maybe I do), one of the Dakotas (I wasn’t close enough to see which one, and I don’t see enough of them to recognize the picture), but the best one for the day was a supremely slow Texas driver, in Prius!
We didn’t get any good witchy questions yesterday (Christine has gone on vacation, hope she has fun) so I thought I should come up with how we are going to proceed once this oracle deck is done. Lots of interest lately about my tattoos, and since they have taken so many years to get to their current status, I thought we’d go through those stories and then start the new card-of-the-day-from-assorted-decks. I am going to begin (after tomorrow) with the re-telling of an old book my grandfather used to read to me. It has much to do with the beginnings of my ink saga. So stay tuned. (And bring a friend!) Oh, yeah. I’ve been a slacker about reminding you (Tracy) to check the tweets, but that’s probably okay because I haven’t been very tweety inspired lately.
The Mapmaker of Destiny ~ 24 ~ authentic purpose, inspiration, free will.
This is one of those Ally/Challenger cards that Colette has tossed in to the mix. The guidebook description goes on and on, but I’ll abbreviate it for our purposes here.
The basics begin before we even open the box, the belief here is that we all begin this lifetime with a Map of Destiny (Sylvia Browne calls it our chart, same diff I figure). This shows all the places we are meant to visit, places we will be challenged to evolve into the Highest aspects of the Self. Fate represents the events in our lives that were meant to happen and that we can’t change. Fate is transformed into Destiny according to how we respond to certain circumstances. Destiny offers us the ability to make great opportunities out of our fated experiences, so free will and choice are possible at certain points on our Map. This is one of those points. We must be aware of all options at this time, seeing whether our Mapmaker is an Ally now or a Challenger. We need to pay attention to how our Map unfolds, and remember that Fate makes the Map, but Destiny is determined by the manner in which we engage in our journey.
This is another one of those busy illustrations, with much going on around the edges. The Mapmaker is sitting on a plush green hill, wearing a sort of floppy hat with a feather in it. Holding a matching feather in his hand as a quill, with a book in his lap. There are maps scattered about and some type of instrument with wheels and an eyepiece attached. There is a small compass and some scrolls in front of him with a wee fairy perched amongst the clutter, another glowing mini-being is floating overhead. There is a large bird in the sky beyond and a low building in the distance. Atop a hill behind him is a large estate or possibly it’s a castle. This is all done in rich reds (the book), creamy ivory and creams (his shirt sleeves and the feathers), burnt browns, and light gold (his embroidered jacket). It’s got a deep look to it, but it’s also quite dense with things going on.
