It’s called The Harvest Moon because it is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. It’s a balance point that marks a shift from extroverted summer play into winter introspection. I’ve read that it also symbolizes a time to let go of habits that no longer serve you.
The Harvest Moon,
Werewolf transforms to poet,
Who have I become?
I imagine we are – all of us – a festival of habits. Some that continue to serve us. Some that do not.
Are we aware of the habits that no longer serve us? We are mostly blind to our patterns. Repetition wears a rut in the road that we come to believe is normal. A rut is a curious thing because it absolves one of responsibility. Absolution sounds like this: “I can’t help myself.”
Last night I turned around and came face to face with a habit that no longer serves me. If I let it go I will be forever changed. Who will I become if I release my habit? I might like myself better but I fear I might not recognize myself. Walking a tight rope, understanding that this change is not so much a decision as a growing imperative. A necessity.
It’s easy to write about releasing an old habit. It’s quite another thing to yank the tires from a well-worn rut.
It’s quite another thing to need to let go and fall off the wire. It’s counterintuitive: fall to save yourself.
Two metaphors: to fall is the same thing as driving free of the rut. The Harvest Moon was nearly a month ago. It’s only a matter of time before the imperative to change, to break the old habit, grows larger than the deepest rut can contain. It’s only a matter of time before a more powerful force than repetition requires stepping off the thin wire.
read Kerri’s blogpost about THE MOON
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