Celebrating The “Smaller” Moments

Last week one of my dearest friends moved out of her NYC apartment and across the country. The night before I went over to her apartment to join a few friends and create a beautiful and sacred ritual. We gathered together to honor the woman she grew into while living in this apartment, celebrate each other and turn the page together for our next chapters in our lives. We shared openly, shed some tears and felt the fullness of witnessing each other. Each one of us walked away feeling completely lit up, magical, full and ready to move forward!

We all have different ways of honoring the chapters in our lives. We mark birthdays by blowing out candles and making a wish for the future. We make resolutions in January, looking forward to the year ahead. We celebrate holidays year after year with traditions that keep us connected to those we love. And of course, we celebrate the “big” changes in our lives: be it graduations, weddings, retirements, new lives entering our world and other lives leaving. We are human and we’re built to connect, it’s simply part of who we are. We are meant to witness each other, celebrate and acknowledge each other in community.

Even more than the big moments, I personally savor celebrating the “smaller” moments that many might overlook. Some of my favorites are celebrating a shift in perspective, a new outfit I feel amazing in, a soulful conversation with a friend, a successful workshop, a moment where I showed up vulnerably and moving from one place into another. We can easily glance over these moments of our lives with chasing the logistics of what we have to do next.

When we do pause and honor our changes, no matter how “big” or “small”, we make those moments of our life more meaningful and sacred. We’re more able to move forward with a clean slate, without holding onto an emotional connection of the past. In short, it’s a way to feel more complete moving forward.

What are you willing to make sacred and celebrate this week? And what’s something that you’re willing to honor, that you might have never thought to before? Please share with me any discoveries!

Quote of the week:
“Lead your own healing circle. Guide yourself to your own wisdom. Make it sacred.”
— Sarah Blondin

With ♡ and gratitude,
Jennifer