Everlasting Gobstoppers

I had always promised myself that I wouldn’t be one of those people that ‘collected’ things. I fell victim to insomnia one night and started looking through a list of 900 tarot decks. NINE HUNDRED..*gulp*. Needless to say, the gluttony justified making a wish list for myself. I deserve it right? Of course I do! I have had my eye on one in particular for months now. I had to order it from Prague for God sakes. Can you imagine what it cost? Yes, I am an IDIOT lol. I’m not crying about money, really I’m not. But that was just.. okay I will continue without ranting.

Before I knew it, there I was on an Italian website ordering 2 more decks and on Ebay ordering more crystals for myself. I waited 3 weeks for the deck, and today it arrived. There it was in all its glory. Numbered, signed by the creators and with a satin/beaded bag all it’s own. I took it out and looked at it, I was in complete awe. I was ralphie with an official red rider carbon action rifle! Oh yes I was. I looked at every card slowly one by one. By the time I got to the end of the deck, my mind was in a haze. There was more information to process here than three lifetimes of symbolism. My current deck serves me well, very well. And my oracle deck is phenomenal. So why do I need another? Oh that’s right I don’t.

I have since deleted everything from the wish list. I will wait for my 2 new decks to arrive and put them on the shelf for later viewing. The tao te ching says that people that surround themselves with material things are misplacing the importance of life. I agree. So it was a shopping relapse? I guarentee you that as quickly as material things come, I will make sure they are given away or removed. Clearly there is a great lesson to all of this. I do not want to be a slave to the checkbook, nor fill my life up with things. The great Willy Wonka said it best when he looked at Veruca and said “Everybody has had one and one is enough for anybody.” There is a great many truths in that statement that apply to just about anything in this lifetime.

Namastae