The Ladyslipper is a wild orchid; difficult to cultivate. Charles Darwin was unsuccessful, for one. That makes this glamorously capricious plant attractive to thieves; but it is illegal to uproot The Ladyslipper – or even pick one – in many states. The Ladyslipper carries her own defense; her juice triggers contact dermatitis. You might be able to pick one but you will be sorry that you did. Ladyslippers are used to combat depression, understandably, it seems to me, since it must be lonely shedding such exotic beauty on unseen corners of an uncaring forest. The cure is applied either as topical applications or in tea. I would say just looking at her ought to be enough. Card#62 – Ladyslipper: Singularity – Ladyslippers are special, uncommon; there is the sense of “once in a lifetime” about their viewing. If you come to think of it, everyone and everything is “one of a kind.” Even identical twins may have the same DNA but they have different fingerprints. This outrageous “blink and you’ve missed it” oneness is to be celebrated, even worshipped, because its ephemeral concretization cannot, by its very nature, ever be reproduced. If a Ladyslipper appears in your spread, think about the opportunity lost to appreciate your own uniqueness. Stop trying to be “like everybody else” and start thinking about hat you have – and are – that’s different. LifeKoan #62: Uniqueness =Customization: Everybody’s special! There’s a conundrum for you! How can we ALL be special? And yet we are – just like snowflakes. When people really think about this they don’t like it. Waaah! I don’t want to be all by myself! So we spend a substantial number of our early years in imitation. Some of it sticks – and we manage to become just like other people. But something gets lost – sometimes we lose our way entirely until we don’t know any more who we really are. Now’s the time to reclaim our true natures. We have to think about what makes us different and special and whether we’re all right with that (looking for something more than fetishes here.) Because if we ever figure it out we have a new source of fuel to customizing lifeplans specially for US so they really work – enjoyably, too! #Haiku: Singularity There’s only one of me; I’m the one That got away – Blink: You missed me.
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