Tower Tarot Card: Listening for the lost pieces of ourselves
Here’s a thought- what if we lose track of aspects of our self? What if there are pieces of who we are, that at one time shined gloriously and made us feel really good about ourselves? Maybe this is some talent or skill that we once loved to do, but for some reason or other, we stopped doing it. There could be any reason why we stopped doing it. Maybe we moved to a new place where it wasn’t so easy to do it anymore. Maybe our jobs made us too tired and we let it fall by the wayside. Maybe new people came into our lives and we started focusing on what we could do with them more than what we used to do. Whatever the case, for whatever reason, we let our passions diminish in importance.
It’s as if we built walls around them, brick by brick until they were encased inside and could not get out. As the days went by, the light on these passions grew dimmer and dimmer as we stacked more and more bricks around them and a Tower was built on top of them. The thing is though, these passions of ours, while locked up inside of the tower we built over them do not die.
No, they are still alive, and they never stop calling to us. We hear them, ever so faintly as they call to remind us that they are there. We hear them as faint whispers and a sense of nostalgia creeps in. Then, more and more reminders come our way about the things we used to do, and those whispers become screams. That’s when we realize how much we loved doing these things before and we do what it takes to tear down the walls of that tower so that our passions and our loves can get out and we can enjoy them once more.
Once we have freed these things and we find ways to enjoy them once more, a sense of completeness returns to us. This that was walled in is now a part of who we are again and life takes on a renewed sense of meaning. With this in mind, consider what you love to do. Endeavor to keep that passion alive and in the open. Find ways to express it even when the rest of your life is changing. These passions and loves are crucial to the overall being that is you. Keep yourself complete. Be careful about the Towers you build. –-Jim Larsen