I pull a card daily.
Often, more than one. I start in the morning as I’m stumbling out of bed — yes before coffee. It’s easy to pass the dresser, grab a card and contemplate as I go about my routine. I try to find time to pull others.
A simple pulling offers me the opportunity to reflect upon challenges in ways that I had not, from perspectives that I hadn’t considered. That is the beauty of an outside source.
Personally, I love that source, because this journey we’re all on? Life, growth and self-discovery, it’s not for the faint hearted. It’s riddled with stumbling blocks. It’s the devil and angel atop opposing shoulders. Should I or Shouldn’t I?
The idea is to wrestle them into submission before we’re face to face with one another. It’s getting our minds right; because should I or shouldn’t I – is always a question. It will forever be an option as life, my friends, is nothing but choices.
That devil is an easy rabbit hole to tumble into. Instant gratification. Poor choices. Responding to hurt with hurt. And suddenly we’re in a riptide dragging us toward junk food, procrastination and whatever else the devil has lined up for our day.
Cards are my resistance. They are my defiance of that baser mindset. Cards remind me to stay true to myself and my own goals; so that no matter how many steps I take, I’ll be the me when I get there. That can mean cooking and stepping away from the chips, or simply putting two feet on the floor and standing.
Cards remind me to change slowly and to go easy on myself as I find new footing. They offer an outside viewpoint reminding me that I am not the center of the entire universe (even if I center mine).
Ritually pulling cards creates space for daily introspection and alignment within ourselves and/or our God. It’s a daily illumination of personal pathways.
This blog, The Everyday Mind, will often share cards that have gifted me valuable introspection.
In the meantime, consider creating your own mindfulness rituals. If you like cards, find an oracle or Angel deck that resonates. The cards take ten seconds.
Ten seconds.
Pull it, read it.
You have ten seconds, don’t you?
