We embark on the twenty-eighth 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 Being the Change You Wish to See in the World. You are a microcosm of the world around you, and your actions do create change, even if you don’t see it right away. More importantly, because your experience is dictated by your perception, changing your insides changes your outsides. For example, when you live a more peaceful life, focusing on maintaining a sense of calm and acting peacefully toward others, you will see the world around you as more peaceful, and therefore you will live in a more peaceful world.

Questions that can help you see what can be released: Where are you dissatisfied with your world? How do you contribute to that experience? What qualities would a more satisfying world have? How do you block or resist those qualities internally? What might be behind that?

Suggestions for contemplation: Generate the feelings in yourself that you wish to experience externally in your world. Be in that space. Get more familiar with it.

A mantra for receiving today might be “I open myself to receive new insight and new information about how I can create the world in which I want to live.”