Choose Joy

For the next few months, I will choose a card from the African American Tarot deck as a prompt for my blog posts. Let’s see what spiritual insight I come up with!

10 of Wands & Knight of Chalices-Choose Joy

Sometimes in the midst of chasing our goals we forget the importance of choosing joy. We are ripping and running. The race leaves us weary and burdened by worry. Yet, we still push on. Attempting to catch that which eludes us. Money, love, and more material possessions. We want it all and so we push ourselves. We work and work and work. Work becomes our life. It becomes our everything. Work becomes that thing which is placed above all else. There is nothing more important than making money to buy things. In the end death comes and the money stays behind. Our bodies and all we know dissolve. We return home.

Before you return to the place from which you emerged, choose joy. Laugh, jump, play, sing. Dance, twirl, love, roll. Give your all to joy. Let it encase you. Let it wrap you tight. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Let your skin bask in the glow of moonlight. Wish on a star. Embrace playfulness. You deserve it!

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It's a Celebration!

For the next few months, I will choose a card from the African American Tarot deck as a prompt for my blog posts. Let’s see what spiritual insight I come up with!

10 of Chalices-It’s a Celebration!

For months I lived with a roommate I didn’t particularly care for. He was passive aggressive and acted as if his word was law. Whenever I was alone in the space I felt free, light, and comfortable. Anytime he was home I avoided him. It was a very unpleasant way to live.

Throughout the duration of my stay I was looking for another place to live, which isn’t always easy in NYC. I searched and searched. Visiting apartment after apartment hoping to find a place that met my criteria. I was looking for a spot that was comfortable, peaceful, well-kept, affordable and pet-friendly.

One day I went to see a cute little place in Brooklyn. It was on the second floor of a private home right off the F train line. I could see myself living here in comfort. So I completed the application, gathered my documents and sent them off to the realtor. Finally! This was it. I had found my home.

Days passed and the realtor was unable to give me an answer on the status of the application. He indicated that the landlord was evasive because the current tenants were thinking about staying in the apartment after all. He asked that I give him a couple of days to sort things out. This place, though cute was not my home. I was disappointed. Yet, I was sure that it didn’t work out because it was not supposed to. It was not my time to move, even though I was eager to.

When the timing was right and only when the timing was right I was blessed with the opportunity to move into a beautiful place of my own. It is peaceful, pet-friendly, well-kept, and comfortable. It is everything that I’ve wanted!  And the bonus is that it has gorgeous hardwood floors. (I love hardwood floors!) At times the journey is long and arduous. Hold on. There will be cause to celebrate. Your time is coming. 

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The Storms of Life

For the next few months, I will choose a card from the African American Tarot deck as a prompt for my blog posts. Let’s see what spiritual insight I come up with!

The Tower-Storms of Life

Most of us, if not all of us, has experienced a Tower moment. A moment in which we are devastated by a sudden change or loss. One such moment occurred for me during Hurricane Sandy. I had just returned from vacationing in South Beach. I went from sunbathing on the Southeastern coast to living without basic necessities such as water and electricity.

The tower brings with it the harsh reality that change is the only constant in life and that change sometimes takes us far away from our comfort zones.

The tower says no to stagnation.

The tower causes movement whether we are ready or not.

The tower clears away all that stands on a faulty foundation.

Tower moments are daunting but they are also empowering. Tower moments give you the opportunity to see what you are made of. Tower moments allow us to see the great fragility and resilience of humanity. Ultimately, the tower will make us better, stronger.  

Eeeepa Oya!

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Embrace Your Renewal

For the next few months, I will choose a card from the African American Tarot deck as a prompt for intuitive writings. Let’s see what spiritual insight I come up with!

Judgement-Embrace Your Renewal

After going through some shit... After falling flat on your face and learning (hopefully) from your missteps… It is time for you to rise again. You will be reborn and renewed. You will go forward with new information. You will proceed with a new lesson which comes from the gift of trial and error. A new knowing has been born within. Like the phoenix, you are rising from the ashes of your demise. Allow yourself to be renewed, refreshed, reborn. This is your time. Break free. Embrace your renewal. 

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You Have Won the Battle

For the next few months, I will choose a card from the African American Tarot deck as a prompt for my blog posts. Let’s see what spiritual insight I come up with!

Knight of Wands-You Have Won the Battle

The sun, high, emerges from behind the clouds. Here we find a man with the wings of a bird fighting his way out of the serpent's mouth. He emerges victorious. The serpent's power is no match for his own. A wand, the symbol of manifesting one's will is beside him.

The struggle is real. But the warrior has won the battle.

The past month I’ve found myself fighting an invisible battle. The battle has been within. I have been called upon to fight practices and ways of being that are detrimental to my progression. It’s been depressing and exhausting. Yet, I feel as if I am finally about to cross the finish line. I am the warrior knight fighting my way out of the belly of the beast. My will is strong, my spirit is filled with fire and with determination. I cannot be stopped. The beast will not defeat me. I did not come to this time and space to be defeated. I did not come to allow unhealthy patterns to defeat me. No. I came to win. With the support of Olodumare I stand in victory. This message is for you as well. It's your time. Victory is near!

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