Welcome to the last Full Moon of the year, many cycles coming to completion. Solstice is a breath away, and this Solstice heralds not just the end of a solar year, but of a Great Year, a cycle of ages. As we review what has taken place this past solar year, we put it in the context of a cycle of 26,000 years. Many of us have felt the play of great forces in our lives this past year, and no wonder. The Full Moon allows us to shed light upon our inner as well as our outer lives, bringing gifts of clarity, insight and celebration. Are you going to allow yourself the time and opportunity to do this?

Many of us are caught in a feverish rush at this time of year, with multiple demands pulling us in competing directions. It seems that there are not enough hours in the week. Even if we pare down what needs to be done to the essentials, those alone can seem impossible to accomplish. This frantic activity runs counter to our deeper needs. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, winter and the dark, long nights are calling us to be quiet and go within. Our bodies want to rest and renew, our souls want to contemplate and be. For those in the Southern Hemisphere, the glory of the natural world is calling, asking us to soothe ourselves in the arms of mother earth and celebrate our connectedness with her.

How do we attend to the world and to our inner needs at the same time? This is a question that is up for many of us. We are experiencing profound changes in our inner and outer lives, feeling the call to be of the deepest service that we can possibly offer. We are feeling the need to express our spiritual natures through all that we do, not only in a private context or a limited arena. We are catching glimpses of all that we can be, and yearning to live as fully as we possibly can live. This time around we are not sitting in a cave or monastery, we have jobs and children and rent to pay. How on earth can we pull this all together?

At this time of year, when there is so much focus on the outer and upon attending to the needs of others, remember to attend to your own needs. You are crying out for it, and if you leave yourself out of the equation you are likely to end up highly stressed and resentful. Giving to yourself is not just another item on your already oversubscribed to-do list. Taking care of yourself is an underpinning that is deeply honoring and necessary. It enables you to accomplish your tasks with grace and beauty and ease, allowing the flow of the universe to support and help in the doing. Taking care of yourself fills you, so that you have something to give to others that nourishes the spirit as well as the body. Taking care of yourself allows you to expand, and continue your process of becoming more in the midst of activity. It allows your inner beauty to shine, and be an inspiration to others.

So take a candle-lit bath, go for a walk, talk to the moon, go to your singing class or whatever it is that brings you to deep connectedness. You too, you too, you too.

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