78-Day Meditation Challenge: Day 3

Finding Grace In Loss

Card of the Day: Ace of Cups (Reversed)

Energy to Bring: Three of Swords

It is as if the Universe is inviting me to dwell for a while on a theme.

First, greed and the isolation it causes. Then, the shadow hidden in the momentum of success. Now, loss.

Upright, the Ace of Cups speaks of abundance, love, emotional fulfillment—the cup that overflows. In reversal, it reveals the shadow of that bounty: loss, depletion, emotional emptiness. It asks: What do we do when we are faced with scarcity?

Not theoretical scarcity, but the tangible, visceral kind:

• Not enough money.

• Not enough food.

• Not enough health.

• Not enough safety.

Heavy questions. The kind that press on the chest and make breath shallow.

I let myself pause. To feel the weight, not rush past it.

Then I asked: “What energy should I bring to this meditation?” The answer came as the Three of Swords. A card often met with dread — and honestly, in the context of the reversed Ace of Cups, I felt overwhelmed. No silver lining to work with. I wanted to pull another. Another pause. Then I asked myself: what insight is this card pointing me toward? To witness what loss does to us—not abstractly, but personally.

Loss injures us. It wounds our sense of self. It can threaten our very existence.

But as I sat with this pain, from the darkness came light:

Despite loss, I am still here. Even wounded, I am enough.

This is grace: not the absence of pain, but the quiet knowing that endurance is its own form of wholeness.

How can I apply this today?

• Be compassionate toward others who may be carrying unseen scarcity.

• Avoid judgment; assume that what I cannot see may be shaping someone's struggle.

• Offer assistance where I am able, no matter how small.

• Remember that presence itself is a gift.

Today, I do not turn away. I sit with the ache, knowing it connects me to the shared human experience of loss—and through that, to empathy, to community, to healing.

I welcome all parts of myself—known and unknown, shining and shadowed.

I honor my past for what it has taught me.

I trust my intuition to lead me.

I release what no longer serves me.

I walk forward with steadiness, guided by the light within me.

Be well, be present, be at peace.