Happy New Year

Welcome! Perhaps on this, the first day of 2016, you have started to experiment with your new spiritual discovery. Perhaps you are further along and are just joining us. Either way, welcome to you. Let us begin this day be giving thanks for the year that has just come to an end. Let us reflect on the year which has passed and focus our energies on the future. This year has been very exciting for me and my family. First of all, we moved into a new home this year. Moving into a new home is always a big step. Bringing your energy and the energies of your family members can be a struggle. Depending on the previous inhabitants of the building it can be difficult. Whether moving into a new place or just getting started with this New Year, a good idea is to clean. Clean everything. A clean organized, clutter free space leads to a clean organized, clutter free mind. To begin your New Year right, the first person to cross your threshold after midnight will have a big influence on your coming year. Always be wary of those who you invite into your inner sanctum. Traditionally one might also eat black eyed peas and pork. Black eyed peas are a southern tradition and are supposed to bring good luck when eaten on the first day of the year. Pork because poultry scratches backwards, a cow stands still, but a pig roots forward, ergo those who dine upon pork will be moving forward in the new year. Another big change for us in the past year, I moved on to a new job. I am thankful for the new opportunity every day. And finally, we welcomed a new baby this year. He is a blessing on our family. And the first boy. (And last.) Hopefully you were able to take some time for yourself today and look back on your blessings of the past and look forward to the future. Sweep away the bad. Burn sage to cleanse and clarify your home. And look forward to a great year. I, however, am a modern witch and I had to work. I did take some time to reflect on the past year and all there was to be gained from it. I engaged in some meditation and burned some lavender incense to help let go of last year’s anxieties and enter the new year clear and free of worry. This is going to be a great year. Give some thanks.