Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Smell the Roses Context
Admittedly, I wouldn’t write anything today because my diary notation was “omit the day, spend time catching up with friends”. So, it looks like I’m simply writing about ensuring you take time for yourself. It’s the idiom of stop and smells the roses was popularised, according to grammarist.com, by Walter Hagan in the 1960s. Although Walter’s original phrase was, “Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”
So, that’s what I did today. Consciously I tried to stop stressing about the website and spend time with Audrey. Fortuitously, I am grateful to have a visitor from interstate in a world where the COVID-19 Delta strain is still a threat to free travel and living.
Sometimes, taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers is what the doctor ordered, some soul balm. So, that’s what I did today. Consciously I tried to stop stressing about the website and spend time with Audrey. Fortuitously, I am grateful to have a visitor from interstate in a world where the COVID-19 Delta strain is still a threat to free travel and living.
Sometimes, taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers is what the doctor ordered, some soul balm.
Today's Cards
The Cards - Smell the Roses Analysis
Carryover Cards
One card carried over from yesterday; Exhaustion moved from Others’ Views to Goal.
Cross
When setting a Goal, not being exhausted is a reason to take the time to stop and smell the roses is another way of saying I’m trying to mitigate (Goal) Exhaustion. The Goal is a product of a moment in the Distant Past when the crystal clarity of Consciousness highlighted the effort involved in my tarot days experiment.
It’s also an awareness that, like in the Recent Past, I’m prone to casting Projections of my likes onto others in search of affinity with them.
Whenever I want someone to like me and reciprocate the kinship, I begin a detrimental cycle of Comparison, influencing my mood. Fortunately, today’s impact is Abundance and lots of love to share. 💗
The sharing leads to enjoyable Participation in Future Energy.
Base
Meanwhile, if you’ve been in lockdown, you’ll appreciate that having visitors from interstate is fantastic; it’s like Feeling a life-changing Transformation occurring.
While on the theme of Transformation, when you take the time out to replenish the reserves and stop and smell the roses, you’re reborn. If Others’ Views of me are that I’ve undergone a Rebirth, it was time well spent.
Furthermore, Silence in the Hopes & Fears position captures my hope to stop and smell the roses as a way of connecting to me again. All the while, fearing the “noise”, whether that’s others’ needs and wants or the physical, literal version, won’t go away.
Disappointingly, The Burden is in the Outcome. The Burden suggests that while I am smelling the roses right now, the impact of the time away from my experiment will have consequences.
References
- Osho, Osho Zen Tarot – The Transcendental Game of Zen, St Martin’s Press, ISBN 0-312-11733-7
- Tarot Layouts per month
- Another day where I took time out, refer to Day 245 – Peaceful Park
SEO – Audrey is a rare interstate visitor who I was glad to see amid multi-state lockdowns currently in force. I took the time to smell the roses.
