I thought I had conquered this attitude, but no, Four of Cups showed up again today, although with a different deck.This man is being waited on hand and foot. The ladies are trying to tempt him with all kinds of treats and good food, and he is just having none of it. He sits there, sullen, intractable, and seeming rather ungrateful. The family has a warm house, nice clothes, good food. What else could he want?
Sometimes we suffer less from a malaise of the regular sort, and more from a kind of divine discontent, in which we are looking for something, sometimes unnameable, but more. More experiences, more life, more Spirit in that life, more passion, just more.
In Captivating, by John and Stasi Eldredge, the authors assert that the deep desires of our hearts are there because God has placed them upon, according to His plan.
In other words, we are allowed to be discontent and even bored from time to time so that we will seek out that which we relieve our discontent, forge new pathways, look further for that something more. Some of us don't do that; preferring to be comfortably miserable than uncomfortably seeking.
So which one am I? is the question I am left with for the day.
This card is from the Anna K tarot.
Thanks for introducing me Manda to this deck I had heard about it but not really seen it. It is a very evocative deck.
ReplyDeleteI particularly liked this that you said: "Sometimes we suffer less from a malaise of the regular sort, and more from a kind of divine discontent, in which we are looking for something, sometimes unnameable, but more. More experiences, more life, more Spirit in that life, more passion, just more."
You are right of course sometimes it not just a change of perception we need, it's something more deeper that we cannot quiet grasp.
The Anna K is lovely and evocative! Here's to the grasping!
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