The Youth of Swords and Seeking Growth Through Challenges

Sunday, February 2, 2014.  Blessed Imbolc.  Happy Groundhog Day.  Let’s embrace this day and welcome the rebirth of the young god, the Lord of the Blazing Sun of the beautiful and radiant goddess, Lady of the Silvery Moon.

Will winter begin to wane or hold on and keep us in its grip and until the first days of spring?  The days are growing lighter and brighter but the coldness of winter is still hanging on, slow to withdraw this year.

Thank You Spirit.

We enjoyed a day out in downtown Vancouver, eventually meeting up with some friends for lunch at “The Mexican, Antojitos y Cantina” at 1050 Granville Street.  Great food and service.  We walked around for a bit with our friends before taking our leave and heading home.  We relaxed and did a whole lot of nothing on a Saturday night, it was great.  I love having a lazy weekend where nothing is planned or really happening.  This is especially true when I awake early and have an hour or to myself in the mornings so I can spend quality time with Spirit and Tarot through quietness, solitude, and meditation.

Thank You Spirit.

Spirit Is and today’s visiting Tarot Card is “Youth of Swords: Curiosity.  Research.  Computers, e-mail.  Immature communication.  Spying (or "hacking").”

Challenges are usually most unwelcome in our lives but today is different.  If we run across a challenge or dilemma lets embrace it with/in the spirit of learning and growth.  Open our minds with curiosity and an openness to discover something new maybe even a little bit of self-discovery.

I’ve learned a few things over the last two and a half months—the stubbornness and closed mindedness of my sales manager has elicited a desire in me to drive the company in a different direction where our pursuit of growth is not one of 80/20 where 100 cold calls result in 20 possibilities but one of developing relationships with existing customers/clients and earning referrals from them as well as getting involved in networking groups where like minded people refer business to one another.  I’m not satisfied with throwing away 80 percent of the people I call because my call is unwelcome and intrusive.  I’d like to build business through positive interactions and referrals.

Spiritually this has helped me embrace challenges and learning, of thinking outside the box, of giving new thought to my dreams, desires, and goals.  Have I discarded them?  Not at all.  In fact, I’ve embraced them even more but in a way where I pursue them not all at once but one at a time where I devote the time and attention to each of them that they deserve.
So don’t shy away from a challenge or dilemma, instead embrace it and see if it offers a way for you to learn, grow, or even strengthen you in ways you never thought possible.

Thank You Spirit.

Blessed Be.