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#affirmation Sometimes the Tarot is scary. That’s just all there is to it. Today’s blog challenge was to discuss invisible illnesses. I picked up my phone to look at my Tarot apps.
Using the simply gorgeous Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, I tapped it open. The app is set up so that you get a card right away. I got the Four of Swords. Scary, Tarot. Scary!
A more perfect card for this subject I cannot imagine. Here we see a figure who has vines and branches growing from her head to create what looks like a briar hedge.
One sword is a beam of energy that comes from the one spot of light to pierce her. The other three swords lay beneath her but she can’t seem to reach them.
I have an invisible illness. One that isn’t always so invisible when I have to use walls to walk. That’s my back. I joke about it. I keep it light. I tell people that my back has taken a vacation without me. But it hurts. Oh it hurts.
I am exercising now to lose weight. That will help my back in the long run. I am also doing Reiki with a dear friend, Michelle. Her business is Happy, Healthy Life. I recommend her!
One of the main things about the Four of Swords is that it can be a reminder to let our minds rest. That disengaging isn’t running away–it can be a safety valve.
When I am mentally stressed and in physical pain, like most people, I turn into a grouchy bear. I used to lash out because it made me focus less on my own pain. I’ve curtailed that now because I honestly didn’t like that woman I’d become.
I like me now though. I really really do. I’m still in pain. It’s a rare day that i don’t have some pain. So I exercise. I’m going to be adding in yoga to my routine. I’m going to continue to learn to live with chronic pain.
So here is today’s affirmation.
Today I embrace my need to withdraw. I honor the solitude that brings me relief. I open up to the opportunities to disengage more. I create space for my own needs. Loved and loving, I love each of you. Seek joy, y’all. Pass it on, please.
Four of Swords, Ghosts And Spirits Tarot, U.S. Games
I always love reading your affirmations!
Thank you,Mary! 😀
Great interpretation of this card about disengaging can be not about running away but that safety valve. I really liked your affirmation as well.
I appreciate your words, other Mary. LOL Had to distinguish between you and the first one!
I love Reiki, and have a daily yoga and meditation practice, which I find really helps with mobility and flexibility, plus mental health. Constant pain is tiring, physically and mentally, so the more you do to help with that the better it gets. Fabulous you are taking so many positive steps to help with your illness and chronic pain. I loved your affirmation too! Blessings to you.
Andrea, I keep putting off yoga even when I know it will be good for me. Gotta keep working on myself to get past whatever bump that is.