Reached for: Champagne (II)
“There's always another good time coming. I've never seen the point of the rest of it.”
A life is run from one bright event to the next, with anything requiring endurance handed off or simply abandoned. The arrangement was made possible by a family that indulged without attending, so nothing was ever asked of the child and nothing much was given either. What it asks for is one dull obligation carried all the way to its end.
Icarus, handed the wings with no reason given to keep low, delighted right up to the moment the altitude answered. The form implies a task of flying at a height that can be maintained.
- Essence
- The Perennial Child
- Rule
- Nobody required anything of me, so nothing has ever needed me
- Substance / Activity
- Champagne, celebration, thrills, perpetual novelty
- Archetype
- Icarus
- Emotional theme
- Refusal of adulthood
- Behavioural pattern
- Continuous pursuit of excitement, with obligation and reciprocity avoided
- Family dynamic
- An over-indulgent, indifferent or self-absorbed family that asked nothing and gave little
- Core wound
- Nobody required anything of me, so nothing has ever needed me
- Exit
- Seeing one unglamorous commitment through to the end
What is the "Reached for: Champagne (II)" pattern?
A life is run from one bright event to the next, with anything requiring endurance handed off or simply abandoned. The arrangement was made possible by a family that indulged without attending, so nothing was ever asked of the child and nothing much was given either. What it asks for is one dull obligation carried all the way to its end.
What does "Reached for: Champagne (II)" sound like when it shows up?
There's always another good time coming. I've never seen the point of the rest of it.
What is the archetypal form of "Reached for: Champagne (II)"?
Icarus, handed the wings with no reason given to keep low, delighted right up to the moment the altitude answered. The form implies a task of flying at a height that can be maintained.
This is a pattern. Not a verdict.
It appears in many lives.