A Guiding Hand
A Guiding Hand is a collection of cards with words, phrases, and images inspired by the Northern Lights. It emerged from a decade-long Arctic Circle pilgrimage, where the creator observed and photographed the Aurora Borealis. The cards aim to provide insight and guidance for personal and professional challenges in today's world. The accompanying blog further explores the cards' meanings, offering practical advice for positive psychology practitioners. The author draws one card weekly and writes a blog post inspired by it, holding the readers and themselves in mind, with the intent to offer a guiding hand amid modern crises and challenges.
A Guiding Hand
Learning how not to know may be the greatest act of intelligence
The card invites you to explore the value of "not knowing" and how it can expand your perception. The author recounts an unusual sight of the Northern Lights, challenging their previous knowledge and highlighting how certainty can limit understanding. Similarly, a coach realized that excessive confidence in expertise caused a major oversight. The text encourages reflection on how relying on knowledge can limit awareness and suggests that embracing uncertainty can offer valuable insights in personal development.