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38. You Are Rare and Free

THERE ARE NOT MANY LIKE YOU!

You Are Bare and The

"ARE THERE ANY MORE PEOPLE IN THE GARDEN BESIDES ME?" ALICE SAID, NOT CHOOSING TO NOTICE ROSE'S LAST REMARK.

"THERE'S ONE OTHER FLOWER IN THE GARDEN THAT CAN MOVE ABOUT LIKE YOU," SAID THE ROSE.

"I WONDER HOW YOU DO IT-"

SOMETIMES, people will struggle to understand you. And when they have this trouble, they may well try to fit you into one box or another they are already familiar with. When you are not clearly one thing or the other, when you are a trailblazer, a rebel and a free spirit, you are likely to meet with disapproval. And this is what happens to Alice when the flowers, who know just who they are, cannot classify her. They assume she is just a rather wild flower, who would much rather be like them.

You too are something of a rare, wild flower. You are a nature child. You are free, you are adventurous and you just won't behave in ways that others think are right. You may wish to live outside

the rules and conventions of society and culture. You are inspired by being your own self and exploring your potential. You are Unconventional, surprising, different and people recognise this. Some will I say you are wrong to be free downplay you as a weed, or which the other flowers do to Alice, but others (like the sweet bud) will love you.

Embrace your own rare qualities. Don't try to fit in, you'll be so frustrated and always quietly unhappy. Be brave! By being your own wildflowery self, you'll inspire others - especially those who are younger - to be utterly themselves, too. And remember, it's never too late to be a wildflower!

DIVINATION: A struggle to find places where people accept

you or where you feel you fit in. You must learn to embrace all that makes you different and become the very best you that you can possibly be. You will never be defined, so refuse to comply. Explore the frontiers of the human spirit and know how precious and rare you are.

REVERSED: Conforming may seem like the answer, as may disguising all that makes you different. You may be attempting to be like others and allowing yourself to be told who you ought to be. Consider being your own best friend and celebrating your differences!

44. You Can't Go Back to Yesterday 

BE IN THE PRESENT

AND THE GRYPHON ADDED "COME, LET'S HEAR SOME OF YOUR ADVENTURES."

"I COULD TELL YOU MY ADVENTURES-BEGINNING FROM THIS MORNING," SAID ALICE A LITTLE TIMIDLY; "BUT IT'S NO USE GOING BACK TO YESTERDAY, BECAUSE I WAS A DIFFERENT PERSON THEN."

IN THIS LOVELY MOMENT, Alice is being asked to recount her adventures for the Gryphon who longs to hear them and is genuinely interested. Alice would love to share, too. But, she knows if she talks a great deal about what has happened and where she is from, she will never truly be able to move forward and find out who she is now that she has changed and is within the world of Wonderland.

The Gryphon wants her to share so he can be entertained, and perhaps get to know her a little better. But for Alice, the thought of reliving the past is no good, as it will not help him know her, as she has changed too much. And therefore, her history is not

a way to true friendship. Perhaps this is the same for you. Focus on creating new memories, on sharing experiences, on getting to know someone and letting them know you in the present, through observation and conversation. Accept that you have changed.

As we change, the simple telling of who we were and what we did, is sometimes not as powerful as sharing who we are becoming and experiencing new adventures right in the heart of the precious present moment. Yes, we can share our past adventures and histories, but perhaps you were quite a different person then. So, consider adventuring forth and fully experiencing the present with people you have connected with. Your past will spill out of you, when the time is right for the sharing of such things.

DIVINATION: You are more than your past. You have evolved and changed. Sharing your history is only to share who you once were. You are no longer the same person.

REVERSED: Living in the past. Speaking of past events. Musing over what once was. Nostalgia. Believing you are the same as you once were. Living through stories rather than experiences. Memory overrides the present. No anticipation of the future.

23. We're All Mad Here

EVERYONE IS A LITTLE 'DIFFERENT'

23. We're All Mad Her

"BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO AMONG MAD PEOPLE,"

ALICE REMARKED.

"OH, YOU CAN'T HELP THAT," SAID THE CAT:

"WE'RE ALL MAD HERE. I'M MAD. YOU'RE MAD."

"HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M MAD?" SAID ALICE. "YOU MUST BE,” SAID THE CAT, "OR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE COME HERE."

MOST PEOPLE like to fit in. Most people like to feel that all the other people feel that they are quite normal. And other people ike to be around people who are very safe, predictable, and well, ordinary. Only, as Alice is told by the wise Cheshire Cat, we are Il mad. There is not a person on this planet that does not have a Ettle secret, or a strange little something they have done, or do. and yet, on and on we go, all the time attempting to be normal.

And 'normal' changes all the time. Mostly, people just want to t in, to blend in with others, to feel that they do not stand out ■ any way. Standing out can make us vulnerable. It can make us

conspicuous. Although our culture adores its iconic people, we do not generally tolerate difference very well at all. The truth is, we all have our little oddities, and we can exhaust ourselves trying to erase their visibility.

We hide who we truly are. We do not speak of who we are, and we try to convince others that we are just like them. This card asks you to consider why you would hide any of your own strangeness, when as the Cheshire Cat says, we are all mad here. And we must all be mad - otherwise we would not be here, living another lifetime, brave enough, mad enough, to learn more on this journey of the soul.

DIVINATION: Beginning to realise that everyone is interesting, a

little bit different and full of secrets, good and bad. Understanding that hiding what makes you your very own self is not only exhausting, but it is robbing the world of your unique wonder. Discovering that you are a little mad - and so, in truth, is everyone else. Embrace your eccentricities and your own peculiar genius.

REVERSED: Telling yourself you are normal, over and over, won't

make you so. You may be grounded, wholesome, earthy, realistic, pragmatic, but you are still a little mad! There is no need to deny it so strongly - or to point out the madness of everyone else. Come to know your own brand of madness and you'll be so much more at peace and able to enjoy the amazing life you have been blessed enough to experience.