November 10: Water the Seed

Sennguru

8 hours ago

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Mawnin', fam. 🌒

Di moon is a waxing crescent this morning, only about 2% lit, a hair-thin sliver just one day past new. She rise around 7:19 this morning and set about 6:29 this evening, so she travel with di sun and hide in his light. Di next major phase, di first quarter moon, land Tuesday, November 17, around 6:48 in di morning. Yesterday we choose a seed. Today is for di small, plain work after. Think of a woman in a Bull Bay yard at first light, calabash in her hand, dipping from di drum and giving each little seedling just a few drops at di root. She nuh flood it and she nuh dig it up every hour to check. She water, she step back, she trust. Growth start where nobody can see it.

Today's Jamaica Pulse Practice

Stand easy and cup your hands in front of you like you're holding a calabash of water. Breathe in for four and picture di water filling your hands. Hold for two. Then breathe out for six, slow, and tip your hands like you're watering something small and green. Do it five rounds. On di last breath out, whisper, "Likkle by likkle, mi tending it."

Tonight, after di sun set around 5:30, step out to di yard or di verandah and look low in di west. If di sky clear, you might catch di faintest silver thread of moon sitting just above di horizon, or maybe not, and that's alright too. Name one small thing you can water tomorrow: a phone call, a page of work, a walk. Say, "Mi water it, mi trust it." Then let di evening air cool you down.

Today's Affirmation

I am happy because I find joy in small, steady steps. I am healthy as I give my body gentle care every day. I am wealthy in everything I tend with patience, even before it show. And I am strong enough to keep showing up while di roots grow.