Announcements for Saturday:
- 11am-12pm: Yoga
- 12.30pm-1.30pm: Members' Lightworking Class
- 1.30pm-5pm: Store Hours
Happy Saturday, Sault Ste. Marie! The big news today is that we're only open until 5pm: we've got an outside event after 5pm, so if you want to walk-in for a reading, then you had better do it sooner than later! For today's Tarot meditation, I'm examining the following combination of cards:
3 Swords + 4 Cups: There are two tricks to coming out ahead in any transition: the first is to understand the consequences of choosing one direction over another, and the second is to understand that there's probably no decision you can make that doesn't involve you creating conflict for somebody else. Make the best decision with the most manageable consequences and you'll win out in the end.
How can we apply this to the real world?
The leading headline for news in Ontario today is the story of a young lady, Rowan Stringer, who died in 2013 after suffering two concussions in a week while playing rugby. Her sadly preventable death lead to a sports concussion bill in Ontario - the first such bill in Canada - that is also backed by sports ministers. And while I think it can be readily agreed that Rowan shouldn't have had to die as a prerequisite for this legislation to happen, this does seem like a win-win for everybody involved.
Of course, what's the purpose of the legislation? To prevent concussions? Or to manage them after they've happened? Concussions cause long term effects that last decades after the original injury, and if the sports ministers and associated industry heads are supporting this legislation, then I'm guessing it's because they support the longevity of the sport. Because, as any of you could guess, the only way to really prevent concussions in youth sports is to eliminate the youth sports which repeatedly produce concussions.
And who wants to see that? Probably nobody. It's easier to find a way to manage concussions and keep the game intact than to say that long-term brain damage in our youth is unacceptable and the games themselves have to change.
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