The First Step onto the Pathway

This was one of the first cards I made for this deck. I initially titled it The Pathway before deciding to make my deck borderless and titleless. I didn't want to confine the cards in any way, but leave them open to many interpretations. My first ideas, when creating it, was that the pathway was an option or offer. The woman doesn't know whether to take it or not, since it slinks into darkness and this worries her. But as we hear many times, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. The card suggests a pathway that is newly discovered. It is whether we want to take that first step onto it which is important, how ever unknown it's destination is. It will eventually take her to another part of the Dark Beach.

There are many options open to us. Sometimes, we don't notice the tracks in the sand and it is only when the sun lights that certain part of the beach that we can see them. I am currently tuning into pathways which have been there for many years, but only in recent times, have I thought about where they might lead. They are not new. They are just newly discovered and considered. At the moment, in terms of work and my career, I am making that first step towards finding a different part of the metaphorical beach. We don't know what to expect when we get there, but often, it's worth taking a look. I read something somewhere which said that if 'you're looking for the path, you're already on it'.

Today is one of those days that finds me sitting where this woman is; right at the edge of the pathway. Not working has once again put me in a rut. It takes me ages to get down to do anything; I end up saying 'I'll do my stuff after breakfast', 'after lunch', or 'after the next cup of coffee'. And still I sit here, thinking about doing things, but rarely doing them. Today's card is all about encouraging me to take that first step.


Illustrations from The Dark Beach Oracle by Prince Le Normand