Nox Amicus

Another full moon tonight – and another facet draws my attention. This past cycle was about Gratitude – and there was a great deal to be thankful for. The month saw its share of challenges, but it also brought community together for great purpose, it saw the release of the first CD, it saw the celebration of important milestones, and it brought a constant reminder that we are all in a state of change.

It was this sense of change that inspired this cycle’s focus – Choice. When I was first meditating on this I thought it was Decision – but I was assured that it wasn’t as decisive as that… it was flexible, malleable, and fragile. Many of us are blessed to be able to make choices every day – mostly simple ones – what to wear, what to eat, how to socialize and with whom. But there are bigger choices ahead of us this cycle – because the next New Moon falls on the morning of Wednesday, November 7th.

Today I needed to make some uncomfortable choices around how best to pace myself this week – but in the coming weeks my choices will affect not only myself, but my friends & chosen family, my relatives, my job, my spiritual community, and people I don’t even know – but for whom I am called to have compassion.

So this cycle I will be especially mindful of my Choices. To “always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind”.