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Step 4- Rider Waite- Temperance
I must say I had a major case of writer's block with this step, I put off doing it for days, going through the stories I might tell in my head, but they were all garbage. Finally I read through some of the posts in this thread and just opened up my word program I figured even if I only wrote "once upon a time" at least I tried. but with one last glance at my card the story came to me.
4:1
Once upon a time long long ago everyone had great big wings and could fly high in the sky. All the towns were in high places, on mountain tops and cliffs, never in valleys.
There was one lady, named Temperance, who lived in a town on the top of a blue mountain, she had the largest wings of all the other townspeople, but she didn’t like to fly and instead walked every where she went. She also did not like living in high places and preferred the low lands, where she felt safer.
Far from the mountain where she lived down in the valley there was a river. She would often go and sit by the river, she loved the feel of the water on her toes and the grass under her feet. There were so many plants and animals down in the valley that could never live high in the mountains.Temperance loved these plants and would often talk to the flowers. But the only problem with her visits to the river was her journey, the path from the mountains to the river was very rocky and the stones hurt her feet as she walked down.
The people in the town did not know what to think about Temperance. Why would anyone let there feet become injured by walking when they could fly and what did she like about going to the river so much? Some laughed at her for her strange ways, but most just treated her the same as they treated everyone else, pretending that she was just like them even though she wasn’t. Temperance didn’t know which was worse. The healer in town was the only one who accepted her for who she was and would help heal her feet when ever she would return from visiting the river even if it was very late at night and sometimes the healer would ask Temperance to bring her plants from the valley.
One morning, before Temperance left for the river, the woman came out of her house yelling that her small child was very sick. Temperance went inside and helped carry the child to the healers, but as they neared the healers house it seemed like the whole town was going to see the healer, those who were to sick to walk were being carried. Even those who were not very sick did not look to healthy. When Temperance finally squeezed into the house and reached the room with the healer, she asked what was happening to everyone. The healer shouted across the room, “the well water has gone bad.”
Temperance knew just what she had to do and quickly ran and grabbed all the cups and containers she could find. Then she did something she had never done before and she flew off the mountain top over the hills and valley until she reached the river. Then hovering over the river she filled each of the vessels with water. She quickly flew back to the village. All the people had gathered around the town well and were looking very desperate, if the water here was bad how were they going to survive. Temperance started handing out the cups of fresh water to all the people of the town. From that point on Temperance was never alone on the banks of the river in the valley.
4:2 I don't fit in anywhere. I am tired of living life torn between the two halves of myself. Then I realize that my purpose in life is not serving myself but serving others and then I find contentment.
4:3 I had to give my story a happy ending, but I have not reached that point myself. I am still torn between the world I live in and the world I want to live in. I spend a lot of time just pursuing my own happiness, not necessarily at the expense of others, but I don't think I am really adding anything positive to others. This is probably an exageration of my feelings.
I must say I had a major case of writer's block with this step, I put off doing it for days, going through the stories I might tell in my head, but they were all garbage. Finally I read through some of the posts in this thread and just opened up my word program I figured even if I only wrote "once upon a time" at least I tried. but with one last glance at my card the story came to me.
4:1
Once upon a time long long ago everyone had great big wings and could fly high in the sky. All the towns were in high places, on mountain tops and cliffs, never in valleys.
There was one lady, named Temperance, who lived in a town on the top of a blue mountain, she had the largest wings of all the other townspeople, but she didn’t like to fly and instead walked every where she went. She also did not like living in high places and preferred the low lands, where she felt safer.
Far from the mountain where she lived down in the valley there was a river. She would often go and sit by the river, she loved the feel of the water on her toes and the grass under her feet. There were so many plants and animals down in the valley that could never live high in the mountains.Temperance loved these plants and would often talk to the flowers. But the only problem with her visits to the river was her journey, the path from the mountains to the river was very rocky and the stones hurt her feet as she walked down.
The people in the town did not know what to think about Temperance. Why would anyone let there feet become injured by walking when they could fly and what did she like about going to the river so much? Some laughed at her for her strange ways, but most just treated her the same as they treated everyone else, pretending that she was just like them even though she wasn’t. Temperance didn’t know which was worse. The healer in town was the only one who accepted her for who she was and would help heal her feet when ever she would return from visiting the river even if it was very late at night and sometimes the healer would ask Temperance to bring her plants from the valley.
One morning, before Temperance left for the river, the woman came out of her house yelling that her small child was very sick. Temperance went inside and helped carry the child to the healers, but as they neared the healers house it seemed like the whole town was going to see the healer, those who were to sick to walk were being carried. Even those who were not very sick did not look to healthy. When Temperance finally squeezed into the house and reached the room with the healer, she asked what was happening to everyone. The healer shouted across the room, “the well water has gone bad.”
Temperance knew just what she had to do and quickly ran and grabbed all the cups and containers she could find. Then she did something she had never done before and she flew off the mountain top over the hills and valley until she reached the river. Then hovering over the river she filled each of the vessels with water. She quickly flew back to the village. All the people had gathered around the town well and were looking very desperate, if the water here was bad how were they going to survive. Temperance started handing out the cups of fresh water to all the people of the town. From that point on Temperance was never alone on the banks of the river in the valley.
4:2 I don't fit in anywhere. I am tired of living life torn between the two halves of myself. Then I realize that my purpose in life is not serving myself but serving others and then I find contentment.
4:3 I had to give my story a happy ending, but I have not reached that point myself. I am still torn between the world I live in and the world I want to live in. I spend a lot of time just pursuing my own happiness, not necessarily at the expense of others, but I don't think I am really adding anything positive to others. This is probably an exageration of my feelings.