Wouldn't you know it? Early yesterday morning driving home from work I saw the moon almost perched on top of a tower then, as the road curved and I drove further away, the moon seemed to slide down the side of the tower. Something about it made me laugh and sparked a lightness inside me. So it became my haiku for today but I didn't have a photo to accompany it for my daily instagram post. No problem. I could capture the same scene on my way home this morning. But no. This morning the sky was cloudy. No moon to be seen. My photo is simply of a tower in front of a cloudy sky! Which in itself is funny. Boring but funny. And that was the point of the haiku--lighten up! I felt as if the moon had a message for me to not take myself so seriously. I called it a half moon. This is what I've always known it to be but really I should know better, being in my 4th year of Moonshine with Effy. This moon is the third quarter moon. When I got home today I checked in with my Moonology cards by Yasmin Boland to see if this moon phase had any special messages. Fittingly, she says that this moon phase is saying that 'adjustments are required'. She recommends 'reevaluating the situation'. Well, that makes perfect sense. Time for me to lighten up, to stop taking myself so seriously. To laugh more. I can generally find the humour in life easily but I tend to be one of those people who doesn't necessarily laugh out loud. When I was a teenager, a rather reclusive boyfriend told me that he felt comfortable with me because I laughed easily. We're not living through a time when it's so easy to laugh. But maybe finding the time to laugh can be what helps gets us through. I work midnights alone in an apartment building attending to people with various physical and/or mental challenges and I have our office/work space to myself and often have stretches of downtime. One night I let YouTube on the TV be my guide as I couldn't get Netflix to work. It took me to reel after reel of news bloopers. I have a bit of a sadistic sense of humour and laughed until I cried then laughed so hard I fell out of the chair. I imagine that night I was a much lighter presence and greater help to my clients. So, thank you, third quarter moon, for your seemingly silly antics yesterday morning. Message received loud and clear...and with a smile. May your path be sprinkled with smiles and laughter today.
16 Comments
Sue Blott
4/4/2021 01:07:16 pm
Lol. I hear you, Effy, I need to give myself a steady diet of them I think!
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Tania
4/4/2021 11:11:43 am
I like that you found some lightness and humour
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Sue Blott
4/4/2021 01:09:23 pm
Thank you, Tania! It was a good reminder.
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Sue Blott
4/4/2021 01:17:13 pm
Thank you, Christal. <3 I'm glad you let your laugh ring out loud and clear!
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Nancy Wolf
4/4/2021 11:42:39 am
Thank you for reminding me to look for the humor and silliness in life.
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Sue Blott
4/4/2021 01:18:41 pm
You're welcome, Nancy. Something we all maybe need reminding about from time to time.
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Kimi
4/4/2021 02:51:52 pm
Haha I loved that story!
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Sue Blott
4/5/2021 02:19:05 pm
Kimi, I'm glad! <3 Thank you for reading.
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Lisa
4/4/2021 04:50:11 pm
haha that was awesome. It's a great reminder for us all and love the haiku!
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Sue Blott
4/5/2021 02:20:44 pm
Lisa, thank you for reading and for your kind words. <3
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Sue Blott
4/5/2021 02:23:10 pm
Thank you, Jean. Yes, a great sense of humour is a wonderful thing to have in this crazy world we live in!
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Sue Blott
4/5/2021 02:24:55 pm
Yes! Me too, Lisa. And of a movie I've just watched. Bloopers rule!
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