The 18th of October started with a wonderful “lightbulb moment” around 1 am! You know those moments when you’ve been wrestling with a problem all day, a knotty puzzle to untangle, and then BAM! Your sleeping brain just hands you the solution? I absolutely love it when that happens!
This particular puzzle has been about a mailing list and some tech issues—a significant problem that needed a fix. The “old me” would have sorted it without much fuss. But the “new me”… well, everything takes longer. It’s as if my mental directory isn’t quite configured correctly anymore, with my thoughts and “files” ending up in the wrong “folders,” and all the “paths” getting messed up. Suffice to say, a solution doesn’t always come within the day. But something magical happens when I sleep, and ping! I wake up with a clear thought, ready to act on it and see if my sleeping brain truly crocheted a solution. It’s truly fascinating to me!
According to Fitbit, I went back to sleep around 2:31 am and woke again at 4:40 am. That’s a really good sleep for me, no wonder I feel so good!
Today is a family day with the Bristol grandkids – hooray! Lots of nourishing hugs and no doubt some silliness and giggles will be had.
The World Card: Weaving Wisdom and Strength
The imagery on “The World” card is always something I ponder awhile on. Those powerful symbols—the Eagle, Bull, Lion, some fella (I always forget who he is!), a Laurel wreath, and the dancing lady with her batons, which remind me of both country and Morris dancing. It feels like having the world at your feet, doesn’t it?
After the last few days, when I contemplated throwing in the towel on Indie Heart Crochet—feeling so overwhelmed by many different things—it’s truly great to face the day ready to take on the world again. I used my “tools” to prevent myself from spiraling and becoming undone, but those tools weren’t quite getting me completely out of the “funk.” So, I turned to the ultimate “tool” (if I go back to my computer analogy, “defrag” wasn’t working!). I turned it off, went back to bed, and turned it back on again after a good sleep!
The deep blue of this card keeps catching my eye, drawing me back in to look closer. Wisdom, strength, courage… and something else. It’s time to remind myself that I do possess these qualities. I feel inspired to make a reminder watercolour, or perhaps one of my affirmation cards. “The World” is really speaking to me today!
Wisdom from the Books
Here’s what my trusted sources have to say about “The World” card:
| Source | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| Liz Dean | Success, energy, and optimism for the future. Opportunities for togetherness and celebrations. |
| Sarah Bartlett | Reward for hard work and effort. Feeling the world is your oyster. Discovering a solution. Feeling at one with yourself and the universe. |
| Tina Gong | Appreciate your path. Celebrate and look ahead. |
I’m full of computer metaphors today, which is not surprising given that all my headaches this week relate to techy stuff and social media. It reminds me of my experience with the worst time I had COVID – it’s like my thoughts don’t get labelled correctly, or given a file name, they’re just floating around, sometimes hidden. It leads to inefficiency and an overall sense of discombobulation! What a great word that is! And journaling truly helps and is often the most lucid part of my day.
So much to do, but I can’t start on any “work” today (inverted commas for a reason!). It’s family day! But I do need to make up a batch of herbal pain balm because I’m out. I’ll do that straight away, whilst I still have the world at my feet and my threads are untangled!