This week started off with a lot of resistance, not because I didn’t want to practice, but because I knew I wasn’t in a place to truly see and receive. Thankfully though, a lot shifted halfway through and I kept showing up when possible. Then last night, I had a realization about my card, Temperance. In the card, she filling a large vessel with water from her smaller vessel, but I had a couple thoughts. 1. It must be so peaceful to do what she does. 2. What happens when the larger vessel fills up? Almost immediately, she responded to my 1st thought by saying, “Is it?” I realized it must be actually a lot of work doing what she does. Water is heavy and big vessels like that quickly become hard to move or carry or balance. For my 2nd thought, I pictured travelers much like myself, coming to her along their journeys and drinking from the larger vessel. So even if it does fill up, it doesn’t stay full for long, but because of the women tending to her work, it’s never empty either. How beautiful is that! I suppose this all made me realize that work is work. Even if we love it and we’re meant to do it doesn’t mean it’ll be easy or less difficult than other work. It simply means that it’s work we choose to do because we know the value it brings to us and to others.