We embark on the twenty-fifth day of a 40 Day Practice, based on the energy of the Labyrinth (releasing – contemplation – receiving). If you have a local labyrinth, I invite you to walk the labyrinth with today’s theme as your focus. If you don’t have a local labyrinth, you can create your own, take a walk somewhere peaceful, or even sit in contemplation in your own home. I will be scheduling various public labyrinth appearances, and you are welcome to join me when and where you can, if you feel moved to do so.

The theme for today is Sacrifice. Sacrifice is a giving up or giving away of something that means something to you, out of a place of honoring. When we sacrifice something for someone else, we are honoring them. When we sacrifice something for ourselves, we honor the self. Our attachments (to behaviors and beliefs, as well as to objects and people) come from the ego, and it is our attachments that have us kicking and screaming to hold on to something, long after it no longer serves us.

Questions that might help you see what you can release in order to find that which needs to be sacrificed: When I am completely honest with myself, what in my life needs to change? How am I resisting that change? What is behind that resistance?

Suggestions for contemplation: What are my core values? What would I like to grow in my life? How can I contribute to that? When I go into my heart center, what is the appropriate sacrifice? What help do I need, supernatural or otherwise, in order to be able to do that? Have I missed anything?

A mantra for receiving today might be “I open myself to receive all guidance, assistance, and willingness in order to make the appropriate sacrifices in my life.”