Versailles: The Life and Times of Queen Khira

I remember a time in my life when a simple discussion about tarot was enough to send the listener screaming, running towards the nearest church!  A person was not even allowed to properly educate themselves on the subject to make an informed decision as to what tarot cards were all about.  I was definitely raised in one of those environments where anything outside the perimeters of the Baptist church had better not be discussed; let alone learned or practiced. Lucky for me, I was BORN this way.  Fuck it, it's the truth.  What my soul seeks, She GETS... My intrinsic inclinations have always connected me to the natural world, compelling me to seek what lies beneath, and my place in it all.  Tarot cards, I soon discovered, is a direct line to the Universe, and intuition is the operator.  It's a way to talk, and better still,  HEAR what the Universe has to say in response.  Tarot is NOT evil, nor is it a way to predict the future.  In life, ...

Now this is what I’m talking about,  a little literary therapy!!  Our thoughts are complicated enough to keep straight, so why not write it all down?!  I am an avid believer in putting thoughts down on paper(obviously!), but the therapeutic benefits are phenomenal!! There are so many ways to keep a personal journal.  You can use it to record and interpret your dreams, it can be a place you write your goals/aspirations and begin to manifest them into real life; it can even be a place to vent frustrations.  Regardless of what you choose to write down, those blank pages will always be there for you. It’s the quiet, patient ear you have longed for in a friend, but with the added benefit of only giving you the response you want to hear.  It’s also a wonderful source of self-reflection and a way to watch yourself grow. Even the most novice of authors can keep a journal the emergence of the “bullet list journal”, in which case you are just listing off thoughts, id...