Every morning, I use a small table to do my ritual … unless the night before, some stuff was left on the small table. Then it’s like the table has radiation. And, I fail to do my ritual.

Researchers talk about “willpower fatigue.” The idea is that if there is a block of some sort, many of us just will not do our “chores.” We lose our willpower. That’s why so many people exercise in the morning and not after work … when they’re tired.

How about you? Do you make prayer, ritual, and meditation a priority?

I remember a professor who had a cylinder container. He asked the college students, “How much can fit in here?”

He put big rocks in first. Then, he asked his students, “Is the container full?” Then he poured gravel in. He asked again, “Is it full now?” Then sand. Finally, water.

The point I get from this is … we, witches, would do well to make prayer, ritual, and meditation the “big rocks.”

Remember that prayer, ritual, and meditation are the foundation of your spiritual practice.

May these insights support your journey.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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“Fire and water are contrasts. One is hot, the other is cold. One dries out, the other moistens,” I said.

“Could it be that an obsessive focus on ‘being positive’ can cause trouble?” my friend, Alicia, asked.

Now, I was intrigued.

“Yesterday,” she continued. “I took a blow to my heart. I discovered that my friend Susan is someone I cannot rely on. She is really stepping away from me. Like she’s become just an acquaintance.”

I saw the deep sadness on Alicia’s face.

“Then, I talked with you,” Alicia said. “You are a true friend. I am so grateful. So I learned something by contrasts.”

As a witch, do you focus on only having positive experiences?

Or do you flow with life as it goes?

Here is a prayer you can use:

Goddess,
Show me the way to clarity in my life.
For I cannot know Your light without understanding Your deep shadows.
Help me balance Your brilliance with Your darkness for my good and the good of all.
So mote it be

May these insights support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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“I should take better care of myself,” I told my friend, Alicia.
This happened after a gaming night in which I ate too many delicious and sugary foods.
(What’s a gaming night for, anyway?)
I was disappointed in myself.

Do you relate to this?

I have two insights for you.

1. If you’re disappointed, you’re judging yourself.

Is it really possible to take one parent to a doctor’s appointment, one’s spouse to work, get the grocery shopping done, edit a video for a YouTube channel, and … so on and so forth … in one afternoon?

Are you judging yourself on a standard that is not kind and not even possible?

Instead, imagine you’re thinking about your best friend. Would you cut that person some slack? You’re likely not judging them in such a harsh way.

As a witch, are you disappointed with yourself for not meditating, not doing the right rituals, or meeting with members of your coven?

2. Ask the Goddess to help you release yourself from harsh judgments.

You can use a prayer like this.

Goddess,
Help me release my judgments of myself.
Raise me up from the disappointment in myself.  
Show me my Divine Self.
So Mote It Be

May these insights support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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“Thank you for apologizing,” my husband said. Earlier, I had been grouchy and snappy.

This moment was a good one for me. He continued to praise me for my kindness.

Later, I reflected on this.

I wondered about when I praise anyone.

Frequently, I praise my husband. It’s important to praise your partner.

As a High Priestess or Priest, it is important to praise your coven members.

I have one particular insight for you.

Choose to praise someone, and you will nurture them like the sun. And, they grow toward the sun.

If you love someone, praise them.

To be a good influence at work, carefully praise someone.

Here’s a prayer:
Goddess,
Guide me to praise people
So they grow aligned with their divinity.
So Mote It Be.

May these insights support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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“I don’t think I take good enough care of my husband and parents,” I shared with my friend, Alicia.

She kept listening.

I had a thought. These guilty ideas strangle me. They keep me away from being present in this current moment. My focus is reduced to pain … instead of the divinity the Goddess placed within me.

I have a particular insight for you.

“One sentence solves guilt: If I knew then what I know now, I would have done things differently. … Guilt is in the past, and the one thing you cannot change is the past.” – Dr. Edith Eger

So, divinity is in this present moment.

Now what?

I realize that I can use a twinge from an idea of guilt.

I can ask, “So I didn’t like how what I did in the past turned out. What can I do now? What is a different approach now?”

Here is a prayer you can use:

Goddess, show me my true path.
Give me guidance and lead me forward.
Release me from guilty thoughts,
Replace them with inspiration.
So Mote It Be.

May these ideas support your path.

Blessed Be,
Moonwater

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