As I meet the New Year and all the cultural messaging around self-discipline, I'm resolute in my own way: to preserve January as a sanctuary for reflection.
I have accepted that my mother has released me. She paid for my flight and wanted me to come so she could do just that. Today I see I need to release her.
Becoming seemed to mean being wrapped up in the bold blanket of my own love. They’d always said it, they had, but you can never fully understand anything until you feel it in your body. You just can’t.
It isn't easy to release the past or anxiety, and it can take a long time to shift it, but from the very first moment of awareness of it, it loses its level of power and grip, and things are never the same again.
Aries asks that we open our eyes and pay attention to where we may be slipping into some co-dependent situations, and be aware of the unhealthiness that is rising because of it. Also ensure that you don't settle back down in the mud of what is comfortable, out of fear of the unknown.
Embracing all of us also returns us to our humanity. Our humility. Our hearts. And if the world needs a resurrection of heart-driven humanity, it’s now.