A pulled a tarot card today just because the fancy struck me. It wasn't premeditated and I wasn't thinking anything about it when I thought I would unwrap my deck from the silk it is tied in and remove a single card. I loosened the knot and moved the ends of the cloth away exposing the cards. I thumbed along the side of the deck until I was a few cards down, stopped, and pulled one out. Since all backs were showing I held the silk and deck in my left hand as I lifted my selected card up in my right as I turned it over so I could see it.
Oh, I grinned a wicked smile as I saw the face of my card. Two wicked smiles were then staring face to face back at each other. I pulled the devil.
You might think that wouldn't be a good way of starting a day or the week. Oh, no! Shake my head and tremble. This cannot be good. But there is a certain amount of devil that needs to show up every once in a while in order to push past the regular and the safe. There is a portion of fire that needs to be behind the eyes and burning in your insides to move to the bigger and better. You see, the devil card suggests a risk-taker. A reminder that sometimes you need to laugh in the face of limitations. Have you ever met an under-confident devil? Do you think he second-guesses himself at every turn? Doesn't he go out to do whatever it is he wants like he can do no wrong?
I think I need to think about that fire I have inside for the things I know I want to do but keep holding myself back on. It's time for a little more risk-taking. I need to build on the embers of those passions I have but keep moving away from.
It is time to start more official training for a distance run. I already had my eye on an August half marathon - since I am known for my love of warmer temperatures and it's called The Hottest Half. I will see about that - possibly something before August. And then a longer distance.
I am seriously thinking of putting that shopping cart on the cookie site. I'll take my chances and see how it develops. I won't know unless I try. And then there is one more tough and sensitive area I can't seem to stop the inner flames on no matter how hard I try to stomp it out. I'm going to work on and finish that first draft of the fiction I have been putting aside forever. I had mentioned to Jay last night that I wanted to spend an hour or more today working on it. It came out of my mouth before my brain could stop me and then here I am this morning, like the devil, taking risks and facing limitations. I'm thinking about plans and goals and how I can get from here to there. I am making my mind up to start taking those first few steps knowing that they will count as miles if I have my direction.
Some crazy fancy struck me to pull a tarot card this morning. I'm shaking my head, but it's left me with a very good, very positive, wicked smile.
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