Hope your week's begun well. Mine been a little busy -- been at customer sites. Today's gig cancelled at the last minute, so I'm able to finally get to this week's reading.
Is it hot where you are? It is blazing hot here in Houston -- temp's at or over 100 degrees most days. Hoping for a little relief this weekend (who would think we'd consider 95 degrees as "cooling"!), but I'm sure our summer swelter will quickly return.
On the plus side, football season's started! That means cooler days in late September are in sight!
We went to Baton Rouge this weekend -- had to deliver the last bit of my niece's stuff to her folk's house, plus we thought we'd go visit LSU's Mike the Tiger prior to the first game. On the way there, we decided that Mike's demeanor would give us a clue about the upcoming season.
BTW, Mikedoesn't live in your typical animal cage. His habitat includes a jungle setting with shady bushes, trees to climb (and eat!), a large pond to swim in, rocks to climb, and tons of toys. He also gets plenty of visitors!
I used to work at LSU way back; I remember one year some Tulane students opened up Mike's cage one night as a prank. I wonder what they thought when they realized they had just loosed a 500 pound Bengal tiger! The student's weren't hurt, but Mike did eat several pine trees before he was recovered.
Let's move on to our reading this week -- the first card starts us off, the second card offers things to help enhance the first card.
Our first card is the Six of Wands.
The first part of the message of this card is "You've earned it -- so enjoy it!" Being humble is nice -- you don't want to annoy people with your crowing -- but you need to enjoy that sense of accomplishment. It's a nice reward for your efforts.
The second part of the message is just as important -- "Yeah, but don't get a swelled head, because the game starts over again tomorrow!" True -- success today doesn't mean we can coast and expect to be successful tomorrow. But -- we can feel good about it today!
Let's look at our second card and see what it has to offer -- the King of Swords.
This King always knows the answers -- he always the right -- and smart -- thing to do. He also knows that you know the right -- and smart -- thing to do as well. He's disappointed when you don't follow what you know is the right path ... and I'm sure you and I are disappointed in ourselves when we don't choose the right path.
This King fits in well with the second part of the Six of Wand's message -- "Don't get a swelled head!" If we're successful -- and then decide to coast on that success, we're bound to eventually fail. The King of Swords can then rightly ask "Why did you do such a stupid thing?"
This King reminds us to keep our heads together -- don't let events distract us from doing what we know is the right thing. There are times to enjoy our efforts -- and then there are times when we need to get back to work on the next endeavor.
I didn't intend this when I mentioned football season -- but if you're following the Johnny Manziel story, you'll probably see how these two cards apply to his situation. He had unbelievable success as a freshman at Texas A&M (only student ever to win the Heisman Trophy as a freshman), but has since proceeded to party his way into distraction and trouble. At some point, he may look back and say "Why did I do such stupid things?"
That's it for now -- and "Go Tigers"! (and I hope your teams do well, too!)
Woodsong
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