We embark on the thirty-first 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 Celebrating Your Successes. If energy follows focus, and it does, when we pay attention to something, we feed it. When we celebrate our successes, we honor our accomplishments, no matter how small, and we increase the possibility for more success. If you don’t celebrate your victories, can you really expect others to?

Questions that might help you see what can be released: Where do I dishonor my progress and achievements? Why? Where does that come from? Is that my voice or someone else’s? What is the fear? Where do I feel unappreciated? Where do I push away positive reinforcement? What would a celebration of my success look like? What about that makes me uncomfortable?

Suggestions for contemplation: How do I feel when someone else succeeds? What would happen if, just for today, I countered every negative thought I had with a positive one? What would that look like? What would that feel like?

A mantra for receiving today might be “I open myself to the awareness of every minor and major victory in my life, and I give myself permission to celebrate them all.”