Am I There Yet?

I remember a tarot card reading I had almost ten years ago.

It was a Saturday, and I was working at the local market. There were a lot of vendors selling their wares, but I came to notice a special tent with a sign for readings only $5. I had always had an apprehension about the spiritual plane outside of religion, but this was due to my father's own point of view that such things were "of the devil."

Still, curiosity got the better of me and I took a break to enter the tent. There was nothing special about this tent-- it was your run-of-the-mill psychic expert tent, complete with exotic looking rugs and incense. The lady behind the table was homely with kind eyes. You could tell she was an easy-going person.

She offered me the cards and asked me to shuffle. I did like I was told and she drew the cards for the reading. Judging from her reaction, I had done something pretty unique; I pulled 11 of 22 "special" cards, which was a little unusual for a first-time reading. Maybe she was joshing me, I don't know, but I listened intently.

I don't remember a lot of the reading, but I do remember her mentioning how I would need to overcome a certain obstacle in my life before I can truly be happy.

(...)

I sometimes think about those words when I have days like this. It makes me wonder if I've learnt what I was supposed to yet, because life isn't too happy right now.

But it was only one tarot card reading.