Ideally, you want to pair up with someone who shares your tastes before you check out a new movie or restaurant together. But a difference in aesthetics could lead to an unproductive conflict today. You're unwilling to negotiate; you want to like what you like and enjoy what you enjoy without feedback, criticism, or advice. Be careful about setting high expectations as they might prove impossible to fulfill as the day wears on. Thankfully, you can be content with exploring your interests on your own while still appreciating another person's choices. Every individual is a new door to a different world.
You wish you could be more lavish with your money and resources. You may worry about facing disappointment if you don't treat yourself to a significantly scrumptious reward. Although there's no question your diligence has earned the pleasure, fun, and goodness you want, some things aren't worth the cost. Instead of being led by a blind desire for opulence, balance any purchasing decision with a practical lens. Sometimes, the smallest blessings in life are the most valuable.
Intense cravings prove hard to satisfy today, partly because the hunger is deeper than choosing between chocolate chip or strawberry ice cream. However, the fear that you won't get what you want is so strong that you must let it go. Your surface desires are not meant to be eternal or all-consuming. It's more important to know that you can enjoy life in all its flavors. But you're only able to savor one taste at a time rather than all at once. A grateful heart is a powerful heart.
Throwing away a well-worn security blanket is easier said than done. It's challenging to face the unknown when the familiar feels so comforting. The truth is you can have too much of a good thing. Nevertheless, time guarantees that nothing lasts forever. Acknowledge your growth and recognize your delusions about a situation working for you when it really isn't. Draw on trusted ones for support and commit to making your new direction meaningful one day at a time. Poet Atticus wrote, "What good are wings without the courage to fly?"
Popularity is not all that it's cracked up to be in the movies. You may be in such high demand now that you can't juggle all of your commitments. Your social calendar could be so full that you have little time to enjoy life truly on your own terms. You perhaps prefer to do nothing if you have too many options on your plate today. Or, you currently don't possess the drive and discipline to accomplish your goals. Setting priorities and drawing clear boundaries establishes a code of respect.
Trying to manage someone else's joy can make you forget how to have your own. Fun beckons you, but maybe you believe you must stick to principles and plans that deny your own pleasure. Of course, you shouldn't shirk your responsibilities but that's where you must creatively rise to the challenge of including your own needs while supporting others. For example, there's little reason to be a designated driver when you can call a taxi. Novelist Eleanor Brown wrote, "Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel."
You may set your eyes on distant horizons today, especially if a disappointment close to home lingers on your mind. You could spin dreams of being better appreciated in faraway places, yet love from unfamiliar hearts might not be as satisfying as you imagine. Sometimes there's no place like home, even when there's nothing homey about it. Yet those are the times when you must work a bit harder to renew connections that once came effortlessly. This labor makes your reunion with someone special that much sweeter when it happens. Activist Starhawk wrote, "Love is the glue that holds the world together."
You border on being psychic with strangers and close ones alike. However, you may not be reading their thoughts as much as their hearts. The fact is you're more in touch with your own emotions and this can lead you to being more sensitive to others. Nevertheless, a flood of feelings and intuitive perceptions might both overwhelm and exhaust you, clouding your judgment. Don't try to numb your mind with drugs or alcohol because it might produce the opposite effect by making you more receptive, not less. Instead, channel your passion into a tool for positive change.
You might harbor such big expectations about a new purchase that you inadvertently set yourself up for a massive letdown. Ironically, the hardest part of wanting anything today is receiving it because you attach more hope for what it can do than the object could ever deliver. It's as if you believe the magic comes from outside of you, but remember that you bring the magic, not through your hopes and wishes but by your commitment to a higher calling. Surrender to the possibilities of the moment and the treasure you find is priceless.
A spotlight shining on a private pleasure of yours likely makes you nervous. Maybe a dear one brags about your talents and embarrasses you in the process. Or, perhaps, someone interrupts your solitude, pulling you out of your creative flow. Regardless, you need to gain clarity about why you're concealing an aspect of your joy. It's healthy to keep some part of your life reserved for you alone because some things are too personal for public consumption. But if it's shame or fear blocking your expression, then maybe you haven't allowed yourself the chance to fully delight in your gifts. Authenticity is calling your name.
A friend might need your assistance in reining in an overwhelming situation. You don't like to play the tough cop, but you will if you believe it's for a greater good. However, you also need to know when you're trying to do too much. Sometimes, you can only help people who are equally willing to help themselves. Otherwise, you end up depleting your own resources and life force to throw a lifeline to someone who isn't ready to catch it. You can extend your hand in solidarity now, but you can't force anyone to accept it.
You may experience moments of overwhelming love for everything and nearly everyone today. However, you could quickly discover that it's difficult to sustain these positive feelings without some grace on your part. It's different to think of people, places, and possessions abstractly than to deal with their actual peculiarities, pickiness, and patterns that might perturb you. In other words, you can adore the world and all it offers for only so long because rose-colored bubbles eventually pop. Instead, appreciate the good vibes without the pressure to make them more than they are. Live and let live.
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