Opus Day 38: Identify with the Peacock’s Tail

[Barque]

"When the alchemical Work is almost at an end, the alchemist notices a variety of colors shimmering in the stuff that has been cooking. He imagines that he sees a peacock’s tail there, a display of iridescent feathers and luminous colors...
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Connecting the image of the rainbow bird tail to our search for a life work, we might understand that our life task is always multifaceted. It is not one thing. We may be inspired to move in a certain direction, but our activities will be multiple and varied and often contradictory.

So what is your life work? Your career, your service to the community, raising your family, maturing into a solid person, or all the things you do in your spare time? Or is your life work something more mysterious that rises out of all of these things? We might even ask at this late point, is there a life work after all? Or is the idea of a calling only a fantasy that eggs us on and allows us to accomplish things?"

Today’s Work: Describe the varied elements of your peacock tail.

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