Today is a day that brings back
horrible memories for most Americans and in fact, for many around the
world. I started the day in a very
good mood, driving to work after a week’s vacation on Long Beach Island with
friends. The sky was clear and
blue, the air was warm with little humidity, and I was relaxed. Then I turned on the news.
By the time I had parked my car
and turned off the radio an explanation had not yet been found for the plane
that had hit the side of one ow the World Trade Towers, but just the short
amount of time it took for me to get in the elevator and walk to my desk, the
whole world changed. By then, the
other plane had hit. This was not
some weird accident, a pilot having a massive heart attack or something
horrendous like that. This was
deliberate, an attack on America.
It took quite some time for me
to feel normal again. For days,
driving east presented me with the view of billowing clouds as the Pile
burned. For weeks, the television
was filled with horrifying experiences, and with loved ones wandering, searching,
hoping their husband or daughter or cousin was unconscious in the
hospital. Finally, hoping a body
could be delivered. Or a part of a
body. Heartache!
Over the past 15 years we have
evolved through our grief, moving through disbelief to heartache, to anger and
to revenge. I am hoping that just
perhaps, we can come to understand why this happened. Perhaps not to forgive, but to understand. I believe it is only through coming to
this kind of peace that we as a country can move forward, move forward in a way
that made the many deaths that happened 15 years ago worth something good.
My Dreams of Gaia card for today
echoes this thought. I threw the
Six of Air reversed. Again, a lush
and beautiful image! The keywords
for the upright card are solutions, comparisons, compromise, open-mindedness,
mindfulness, illumination, epiphany, and personal power. The Six of Air tells of a solution that
is reached through the creation of a compromise that lies somewhere between the
extremes of black and white. The
card reminds me that while on the surface, an either/or choice may seem the
only option available, there are always, always other resources that can be
brought into play. Taking a rigid stance and refusing to hear the other side
just might not be a productive plan.
My card is reversed, and the energies of this card may not be available. That might mean my tendencies could be to
**not** take into account the differences of others. I need to remember that while I may be uncomfortable with
the actions or beliefs of some around me, those actions and beliefs are created
by their life experiences, and thus deserve some consideration.
This really has a connection to
my feelings and experiences regarding this day. I do feel as if I have emerged from the darkness of
heartache and I am attempting to find some compromise that will bring inner
peace.
Putting things back together in
a new way.
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