These heart-centering whispers at sunrise…

I witnessed the beauty and clarity of the December full moon - the final full moon of the year, and the decade - while it set over the Pacific Ocean in the Big Island of Hawaii this past week. I basked in the quiet dawn of the early morning and just watched, thinking of the journey the moon traveled since rising in boldness in the East, before setting with grace as the new day’s sun began to rise behind me.

The stillness of the moment - no one else around, no breeze through the palm trees,  no busy mind chatter through my head yet - seemed like an invitation for reflection. 

I feel the gentle call this time of year to turn my gaze inward and contemplate how my own seasons are shifting and changing. To explore my inner landscapes and take a look around to acknowledge the light as well as the darkness. To open up space within perhaps that has accumulated over the past days, weeks, even months.

The questions I hear are: What may I be ready to let go of? What no longer serves me? What can I release and open up space for, knowing that after the Winter journey, Spring will inevitably bring new blooms? And what am I most grateful for this past year as it comes to a close and anew awaits next month?