I was curious about full moon rituals (practiced in one form or another for thousands of years). I figure if the moon can control the tides of the oceans, there must be something to the connection between us and it. I felt tense on the day of the December 4th full moon, which Native Americans (Mohawks, Mohicans) call the “cold moon.” The name makes sense. It was freezing that night!

The full moon started at 6:14 pm, and I went outside to gaze up at the sky. It was a beautiful, clear night, and the large moon looked majestic through the tree branches. I stood there looking up, and, following what I had learned, thanked the moon, the universe, and God for helping me attain my intentions and, most importantly, release what no longer served me.

Thankfully, my crystals survived the bitter temperatures, basking in the moonlight overnight to get charged by the moon’s energy.

Release What’s Holding You Back

The full moon ritual I found instructed to write out what you want to release, then rip up the paper. You could burn it or bury it outside. You don’t have to wait for a full moon to release what is weighing you down. Just the act of writing them down brings conscious awareness to the commitment to releasing them.

I wrote down things I needed to release from my life, and one was the negative thoughts that kept me tethered to what doesn’t serve me.

One would surmise it’s easy to think only positive thoughts, but there’s more at play. Our default programming is tough to crack. We need patience and compassion for ourselves in order to work at changing our thoughts. For me, it took years to change the messages I learned, which became my beliefs – my limiting beliefs.

 

Let Go of Limiting Beliefs

We might not even acknowledge that we have any limiting beliefs until we take a hard look at our lives.

The need to be perfect is a limiting belief that you are not good enough.

The preoccupation with needing outside validation from others to confirm your worth is a limiting belief that you need others’ approval to make you happy. 

The sadness you feel because you think you’re stuck is a limiting belief that you are not worthy of the life you choose. 

If we take the time to check in with ourselves to see how we’re doing, we may discover our limiting beliefs, and they all need to go! All they do is shut us down from living our authentic lives.

 

By deciding to let go of the grasp you have on staying the same, you’ve moved into the world of possibility and joy. Those of us who aren’t doing the self-work and taking responsibility for who we are, how we treat people, and going through life on autopilot are not doing anyone a favor, mostly ourselves.

To have healthy relationships, we need to be firm in our belief that we deserve them. If not, what are we doing? It’s certainly not making us happy to be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t respect us, abuses us, or judges who we are. That’s just old limiting beliefs hanging around, causing trouble. The belief that I’m not good enough to be happy. Bullshit!

 

 

Let Go

❄❄❄ Let go of trying to please everyone, not wanting to make waves by being your authentic self. Let those limiting beliefs flutter out of your consciousness like birds heading south for the winter (only the thoughts aren’t allowed to return as birds do.)

❄❄❄ Let go of holding yourself back, using things to occupy your time, and placing importance on them to justify procrastination. (I’m guilty of this!)

❄❄❄ Let go of forgetting about yourself and how you feel. All we have is ourselves to help us live happy lives. Pay more attention to yourself! (In a healthy way, not in a narcissistic manner where you think everything and everyone orbits around you.)

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Think about your life. Are you happy? If not, why? Take stock. It’s the end of the year, and a good time to reflect on what is working in your life and what is not.

If I had a magic wand, I would wave it and wish that all of us could see what our lives have become and the reason why. Because once we know that, we can move on to living the happy life we deserve since we were born. If you want to know how to change limiting beliefs for good, check out my next blog post.

Thank you for reading this, and I hope you can release what doesn’t serve you well. I’d love to read your thoughts about this.

To letting go,

Francesca

 

 

 

 

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