The Fool Tarot Card: Don’t Worry About Conventionality. Just Be You.
Sometimes you do have to wonder how many people would do the things you do. Who else but you would take the chances you take and the leaps of faith you take? Who else is willing to put themselves out there to try the kinds of things you do? Who else is willing to take the risks you take? Also, you have to ask, who else gets the unique rewards you do for being willing to do the things you do? How many people get to see the unique perspective on the world that you do for being willing and able to take the chances you take?
Because you are willing to not worry about conventionality for the sake of conventionality, you are granted a unique view on the world that so few ever get to see. And this is all because you are not nervous about being unconventional. Being willing to be unconventional opens windows to the world that rarely get opened. What is seen through these windows can change your outlook and perspective forever. You get to see that the world and the life you are living is not so predictable and set in stone. There are many variables to be explored. To be a Fool is to open yourself to many combinations of them.
Getting the most out of life and seeing a variety of perspectives really does come down to having the mindset of a Fool. Be open to new and different ideas and do not assume that when something is not exactly as you had hoped, that it is a failure. If you something is not as exactly as you had hoped for or envisioned it, it just means that there are more ways to see it than you originally realized. It doesn’t mean it’s wrong, and it doesn’t mean it’s broken. It just means there is more to it than you originally thought. And as a Fool, you are wide open to this. It does not bother you.
It does, in fact, excite you to know you are pleased with the notion that there is more to a situation and to the world, and even to the universe that you can explore and get to learn about. So even if a situation is not as you initially expected, you will still be excited about it. This is the Fool nature within you. This is the piece of you that wants to explore the many facets of being human and being alive. —Jim Larsen