Wednesday, July 06, 2005

solitaire


it struck me this morning how much life is like the card game solitaire. perhaps that's why it's popular. the game starts with the hope of resolution, completion, reaching solitaire nirvana where all the cards end up in four ordered stacks. but most of the time that doesn't happen. instead, after a brief flurry of matching and progress, most games turn difficult, reach impasse and have to be scrapped. but every once in a while, it all works out. so, how many couples end up with four neat stacks of cards? how many reach the impasse but refuse to start a new game? i feel like i'm shuffling through the remaining free cards over and over even though they don't change.

tarot: 2 of wands: boldness, doing what i want. the last two days: 2 of swords: stalemate: denying emotion, situation, hidng distress, being defensive.

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