Tarot Magic
Mentors
Throughout my life I have read and studied many authors. Like most of you, I resonate to those of which I can understand what they are teaching. I can only learn what I can understand. I have listed a few of the people that have really made a difference in my life.
I encourage you to make a list of the people who have influenced you!
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Marilyn Davis - my mother
My friends will find this odd, for me to actually count my mother in with my mentors, but it is true. Believe me, it was not easy growing up in that household. My mom was not a happy camper and she took all of her frustrations out on us (the kids). No encouragement and rarely a smile. But....
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She was the breadwinner in the family and worked hard to make sure we had a home. She was born and raised in New Albany, Indiana. Married young to get out of the house, and was promised that the newlyweds would move to California soon after the wedding (to be with her grandmother). When the new husband refused to move, my mom packed up her four year old and drove out to California herself. Remember this was 1950. The courage and conviction to do that was unheard of!
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So from my mother I got my strength and I recognize that she was doing the best that she could with what she had to work with. These are the lessons that I apply to my own life.
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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
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Edgar Degas
Mrs. Mason - my art teacher
In high school I took every art class that was offered. I was good at art. I was also cocky! One day we were given an assignment. We were supposed to paint a painting of some sort. So cocky me, I waited til the last minute and whipped something amazing up. Clearly the best piece of art in the classroom. A week later the grades were out and all the art was displayed on a shelf that circled the room. My piece was sitting right next to someone else's. That persons' painting looked like a stick drawing (like a kindergartener had drawn it). Mine was beautiful (although not my best work). What grabbed my attention was the fact the the stick drawing got an A and my piece received a C-. What! I asked Mrs. Mason what was going on and she said something I will never forget:
The stick painter worked long and hard on that painting and deserved a lot of credit for her accomplishment. You spent about 5 minutes on your painting with no effort at all. When you decide to give your full effort, you will be rewarded with a good grade.
OUCH!!
I have carried that lesson with me throughout my life and am so grateful that Mrs. Mason gave me that C-.
Louise Hay
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I read a story about Louise Hay a long time ago. It inspired me then and still does. She believes that most issues or problems come from one source, and that is a lack of love for oneself. She has an exercise in which you stare into a mirror and repeat:
I love and approve of myself
I love and approve of myself
Seems easy, right. NOT! When I first started trying to do that, I honestly couldn't look myself in the eyes. When I did manage to look at myself, I saw all of my faults! Tough exercise. Does it work? Heck yes! But here is the rub, you have to do it daily, twice a day, every time you walk past a mirror. Repeating those words are extremely powerful.
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I also have a deck of her Power Thought cards. I actually plant the cards all around my house in various spots. When I run into them, I am always pleased. Prosperity, abundance, I have the perfect house...
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Here is some reading for you by Louise Hay:
You Can Heal Your Life
Mirror Work
Or go to louisehay.com
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I love and approve of myself
There is enough for everyone, including me.
I am open and receptive to the abundance of the universe.