The full moon is a moment of fullness, culmination, and beauty. It encourages us to stop working for a moment and celebrate what has already happened. We are often so focused on what is unfinished that we fail to acknowledge what is complete. There are achievements in our lives that deserve to be witnessed, even if nobody else sees them. The lunar eclipse asks us to celebrate the milestones within our soul’s journey, not just our societal or conventional achievements.
Gratitude changes our capacity to notice what is already present. When we carve out sacred space in our lives it marks our decision to pay attention. We treat our lives as worthy of reverence and the Universe responds in kind.
There is something here worth celebrating.
When we take time to build a temple to the fullness of our spirit we give our gratitude a place to gather. We create space for work, sleep, food, and entertainment, but do we create space for our spirit? This could be an altar, a room, a home, a garden, or simply a moment in which we feel safe. The physical object is not what makes a space sacred - it is the intention we bring to it.
By doing so we are saying, my inner life matters.
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