Balancing Life

Today is the

II of Pentacles -- A man juggles two coins around a figure 8. In the background, the waves hold two ships. http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Two+of+Pentacles

Finding the balance in our material world is an endless struggle for all of us. We must go to work, we must be with our loved ones. We must pay bills. There are huges struggles and demands that we are constantly juggling. It never ends -- therefore, the figure 8 on its side is actually the infinity sign. Always a struggle to balance and always waves and obstacles that come in our way.
This week's obstacle in terms of work and balance is the transit strike. There are egos and politics everywhere. I have no sides either way but do feel compassion for those who have bills to pay, families to provide for, responsibilities to take care of, medical treatment to get or give. Somehow, however, we will get through this.

The II of Pentacles shows us that we have the talent, the ability, the "smarts" to know how to balance all of it -- and when we do -- our ships do come in!