November/December 2023 Alchemical Voice

Alchemical Voice - L2M - Issue 23
ANOTHER DAY
John Sjovik
I speak to this day and I tell it that I love it.
As with many other features of life on Earth, a day is an
invention, it is manmade. As I listen to the day, I can hear it
speak to me. It tells me that it is indeed a phenomenon of
changing light from sunrise to sunset, from morning to
evening. Its Martian cousin carries out its duties as day in
another fashion, as does the day on the Moon as well as on
the other heavenly bodies. There are no days in a spaceship.
Yet, as an inhabitant of this planet, days and nights are all I
have, as the Earth keeps rotating around its axis.
So I speak to this day and I ask it to allow space and time
for me to feel feelings, think thoughts and perform actions.
I ask it to be at my side and inspire me to use it for things of
purpose, of meaning and value, of beauty and love. I talk to
it and I show it my respect.
I express my awareness that a day is the most democratic
expression of equality there is. Every human being, animal
and creature upon Earth has not more or no less than a day,
upon which follows another day and then one. It is up to us
to make the most of it.
An average human life has 24,000 Earth days at its disposal.
As time progresses from one moment to the next, each day
invites us to achieve something. It may be grand, something
out of the ordinary, or something average and
commonplace. It does not really matter. A human life is built
from moments and achievements, small or large, simple or
important. The day speaks to me to use it purposefully,
without doubt, without hesitation, without judgment.
Keep in mind that each day is unique in its own right.
Tomorrow is literally another day.
John Sjovik | Shaman Healer | www.shamaqi.com
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