Love the Tarot references and reflections into that. I have never pulled that card. But as Lady Gaga says in her song from Joker 2... the joker (fool) is me. The joker is ME!
Take from that what you will. I am in the mood to write in easy to solve riddles. 🤡 😉
"people consider cynicism and catastrophising a smarter and more realistic attitude then taking an optimistic and curious approach to the world. Essentially, both of them are imagined futures, but one is perceived as pragmatic and the other as borderline lunacy."
Yes! This actually kind of makes me crazy, and I keep wanting to write a Substack about it, but it keeps turning into a rant.
But I will just say this:
1. People should think about what they are putting out in the world in the form of spiralling on social media (even more so when they take it to the next step of castigating other people for being morally deficient if they aren't also spiralling)
2. There is a real power and joy in the realization that YOU are actually the adult in the room and no amount of running around like Chicken Little/crying wolf (thank you, animals, for your metaphors, although it's rude of us to assign our dumb behaviors to you) is going to improve your life/cause someone smarter and more capable to step in and save you, so... you might as well be "optimistic and curious" as you say, because--what? You are just going to walk around in a cloud of misery and fear and then one day you die and that was how you spent your life on this earth?
Life is too short and remarkable for any of that. And I know you and I both have had the kind of hardships/tragedies in life (as many or even most people have--realizing that you aren't that special is another key!) that it would be easy to retreat into cynicism and catastrophe.
Thanks for your insights, Lynda! I agree whole heartedly. The difficult thread to follow is, what is my default nature, versus what have I been conditioned or succumbed to due to life experiences?
Changing/adjusting your mindset does not happen overnight. Your thought patterns like their ruts and won't voluntarily leave, they must be encouraged to new, more useful grooves (groves... I like the idea of giving them happier spaces! 🌳)
Where is our attention going? What visions and stories are we marinating in? We are instructing our mind about our 'values' in this fashion. If it's all gloom and doom then that's what it thinks we want! We have choices. There are people who have much, much narrower freedoms, who would love to have this luxury of thought and action!
We need to push against the seriousness of everything! Go fly a kite, as I mentioned before in another missive. Fools rule, and they take action and provoke change more than the cautious fear addicts. This is a strategy I must continue to remember! Being brave takes practice. ✨️
True problems exist and we need an energised spirit to tackle them. 🌞
Love the Tarot references and reflections into that. I have never pulled that card. But as Lady Gaga says in her song from Joker 2... the joker (fool) is me. The joker is ME!
Take from that what you will. I am in the mood to write in easy to solve riddles. 🤡 😉
Thanks, Laura. There was a recent time when The Fool was a card I pulled regularly. 🃏
"people consider cynicism and catastrophising a smarter and more realistic attitude then taking an optimistic and curious approach to the world. Essentially, both of them are imagined futures, but one is perceived as pragmatic and the other as borderline lunacy."
Yes! This actually kind of makes me crazy, and I keep wanting to write a Substack about it, but it keeps turning into a rant.
But I will just say this:
1. People should think about what they are putting out in the world in the form of spiralling on social media (even more so when they take it to the next step of castigating other people for being morally deficient if they aren't also spiralling)
2. There is a real power and joy in the realization that YOU are actually the adult in the room and no amount of running around like Chicken Little/crying wolf (thank you, animals, for your metaphors, although it's rude of us to assign our dumb behaviors to you) is going to improve your life/cause someone smarter and more capable to step in and save you, so... you might as well be "optimistic and curious" as you say, because--what? You are just going to walk around in a cloud of misery and fear and then one day you die and that was how you spent your life on this earth?
Life is too short and remarkable for any of that. And I know you and I both have had the kind of hardships/tragedies in life (as many or even most people have--realizing that you aren't that special is another key!) that it would be easy to retreat into cynicism and catastrophe.
Long live the Fool!
Thanks for your insights, Lynda! I agree whole heartedly. The difficult thread to follow is, what is my default nature, versus what have I been conditioned or succumbed to due to life experiences?
Changing/adjusting your mindset does not happen overnight. Your thought patterns like their ruts and won't voluntarily leave, they must be encouraged to new, more useful grooves (groves... I like the idea of giving them happier spaces! 🌳)
Where is our attention going? What visions and stories are we marinating in? We are instructing our mind about our 'values' in this fashion. If it's all gloom and doom then that's what it thinks we want! We have choices. There are people who have much, much narrower freedoms, who would love to have this luxury of thought and action!
We need to push against the seriousness of everything! Go fly a kite, as I mentioned before in another missive. Fools rule, and they take action and provoke change more than the cautious fear addicts. This is a strategy I must continue to remember! Being brave takes practice. ✨️
True problems exist and we need an energised spirit to tackle them. 🌞