Hi all,

I sincerely hope that everyone out there is doing okay. I hope that you're all getting all of the Love you need to make it through whatever life is challenging you with at this time.

There is much chaos unfolding in the world these days - as usual, the news is first at 5 to report it. I've often written about this emphasis on dark events in the world eclipsing the abundance of good that co-exists with the violent death and destruction that makes headlines. I write about it because I feel strongly that the world we live in is desperately out of balance and needs a huge injection of Light. This is not to say that these negative events should be denied - on the contrary, good and bad are just an example of the paradox of life. But one will get further navigating life's ineitable dark hallways if one can "light a candle rather than cursing the dark" (Eleanor Roosevelt).

Which brings me to the 5 Of Wands, one of those cards that you can either freak out about or be grateful for. It signifies a time of great change and, as the saying goes, resistance is useless. Bear in mind that the steps to enlightenment occasionally involve extremely stressful events in our lives but that, even though it may be very difficult to fathom whilst the poo is hitting the fan, there is always a Divine Purpose at work. We can't always see when change is necessary, when how we've been living has actually halted our growth. The 5 Of Wands has come to help us with this. This card is serious about removing from our lives all that blocks our progress forward. All that stands in our way of a Higher level of Knowing.

When we're going through a painful growth period we are given an opportunity to learn about how we deal with change, a defining factor in how we experience life. We may sail through, meeting this challenge with Grace, or, alternatively, we may discover aspects of ourselves that react not so graciously to change. There is no right or wrong in such situations - we can only be who we are.