The J♣️ with its central acorn reminds our youthful self that it takes time to mature, to grow, to flourish, ripen and bear fruit.
Which other cards are in the support team here? Perhaps 10♣️, the 9♠️ and K♠️?
We need to take time to listen, to learn, to settle, to practice. The 8♣️ might help us here as we need forgiveness too. We want patience not perfection.
The On Being Project:
"Like humility, patience is not to be mistaken for meekness and ineffectuality. It can be the fruit of a full-on reckoning with reality, a commitment to move through the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.
A spiritual view of time is a long view of time - seasonal and cyclical, resistant to the illusion of time as a bully, time as a matter of deadlines.
Human transformation takes time - longer than we want it to - but it is what is necessary for social transformation.
A long, patient view of time will replenish our sense of our capacities and our hope for the world."
“Patience is a form of action”
“You can’t get to wonderful without passing through alright”
C o n n e c t i o n s
Patience as a grounding virtue from the On Being Project
The Impossible Will Take a Little While: perseverence and hope in troubled times edited by Paul Loeb
Faster: our race against time by James Gleick (summary)
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Fermentation: River Cottage Handbook no 18 by Rachel de Thample
The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider