By Claire Coleman Art by Robin Ator
The Wheel of Fortune is a very strange looking and mystical card. At its center is a wheel, and the animals in the four corners are searching for wisdom and knowledge in their books. Sitting on top of the wheel is a sphinx, a symbol of mystery (and the one who knows the truth!).
There is someone missing from the card. It should show someone spinning on the wheel round and round because that is what we are all doing! The wheel is the wheel of life. It brings us happiness and sadness in a continuing cycle.
This is the lesson of the Wheel of Fortune: the wheel of life turns, and we all turn with it. Everything changes--the one thing that can be promised without hesitation. Think how much you have changed since you were born, and imagine how much you will change before you get old!
Life is a magical fairytale ride but like all fairytales it can contain dark people and places. What do we do when we encounter such a thing? First, we must assure ourselves that it will soon be over. The Wheel will turn and pull us up again. Second, we can learn even from things we did not enjoy. They can teach us wisdom so next time we can just walk away.
Don't forget that life can also bring us great joy and happiness. What do we do then? Because we know that the wheel will turn again, we should really appreciate those very good times.
We are all of us tied to this Wheel and it spins us round and round. The question is whether you will see this as a problem or an opportunity. Try to see it as an opportunity and appreciate the happy or lucky times when they come along. If you are sad and feel that nothing will ever change be assured that soon things will get much, much better. That’s a guarantee.
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