#intuition
“Learning to follow one’s intuitions doggedly without killing them with prejudgment; to hold at bay catastrophizing projections about reception; to have the fortitude to continue on in the face of indifference, discouragement, or intense criticism; to access or sustain the ambition to try things considered unwise, impossible, taboo, or out of step with one’s times; to ‘stand up for your work! Open it up! Don’t shut it down, man!–all of these things may overlap at times with the aggressive, contaminated language of freedom and rights. But that doesn’t mean they can or should reduce to them. For they are also hard-won habits of artistic devotion that can take years to cultivate, without which a lifelong commitment to art becomes significantly less possible.”
-Maggie Nelson, from On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
Remember that this is time and energy spent on YOU.
You would not ask a hairdresser to trim your bangs for free. You would not go without tipping a delivery person. You would not stiff the veggie vendor at the local farmer’s market. These are services that YOU have requested. This is time and energy that could be put elsewhere. These are resources that have been requested by YOU.
So please, do not inquire and become upset if you know readings are free. When in doubt, ask! And if you cannot pay for a reading, kindly thank them for their time and move along. Tarot is not about the money, it is about a service provided for the betterment of others. And services do not go without reciprocity. Be kind to us, we are all trying our best!
Be well, be love, be positive!
