Springboard

It's time
to let go
of fear.
Fear of death.
Fear of the unknown.
Fear of growing old.
Fear of disappearing.

It's time
to embrace
faith.
And leap
into life.
Into the unknown.
Into waiting arms.
Into our souls.

It's time
to stop worrying
about what might be
and be full.

I have faced death square in the eyeball. When my parents passed away, I was faced with my own mortality, not for the first time but for the most relevant time. I struggled with grief. I struggled with depression. I fought against seemingly endless hopelessness.

Then life winked at me. "I'm still here," she said. "Where are you? Lost in the mists of what ifs, and if nots?"

Then I took the plunge. I let go and let be.

I chose to make The Fool today, for two reasons.

This card is the first card of the Major Arcana, yet it has the number 0. Zero can be looked at as a number that contains nothing. Yet, it's the number that contains infinite possibility. It is the empty that will become full. It is the basis of every number. It reflects every situation. We start from scratch and build up. It is the Alpha and the Omega. It is the Oh in our wonderment. It is the beginning. And for every end, there is a beginning. And for every beginning, something must come to a conclusion.

This card is often interpreted as making foolish choices. Not looking before leaping. Going where others fear to tread. This is said as if it's an unimaginable horror. Yet, what is it but a miracle? Sometimes the choice that resonates with instinct and not the ego-self, put in place by society to make sure we follow the mores of its structure, is the best choice. Sometimes, we have to take that leap of faith in order to get to the other side. Sometimes going where others fear to tread, is the best way to go. Ask Magellan or Columbus. Ask Neil Armstrong. Ask Rosa Parks. Ask Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Ask Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.

Today, I invoke the pioneering spirit of the Fool, to fill me with the joy of life and the faith that my steps will lead me exactly where I belong. Because the Universe loves me. And I love the Universe. :)

May your pioneering spirit lead you to new discoveries! May your leaps be joyous. May your empty become full. :)

p.s. If you want to know where my day of being in the moment lead me, I have updated my previous post. :)