Daily Ritual: How to Bridge the Gap

Today I woke to find myself feeling cut off from just about everything, the divine, the universe, and my own power. I've been struggling to pull myself up out of the hole that most of us find ourselves in after the stress of the holiday season. There was far too much drama in my life in 2018 particularly in the last half of it and I am still reeling from it.

Everything felt, and still feels, so far away and out of reach. My patron deities in particular so far removed from me. I am so used to being able to draw near to them in times like these and gain insight, comfort, and direction. This time around I've been struggling to feel them at all much less receive their guidance. It has left me without an anchor and unsure of what to do about it.

The answer came to me this morning as I was pulling cards and rolling dice for my daily forecast that I do over on Instagram during the week. Healing comes not like a bolt of lightning but in the slow drip of rain off the edge of the roof. I am putting so much pressure on myself to get out of this dip in energy that I am robbing myself or the energy that flows into my life every morning when I create a sacred space of learning and peace.

This understanding and quiet comes from the little things that I do every day to heal, learn, and grow as a person. For me that is the shadow/light work, divination, offerings, journaling, reading, studying, and meditation that I do as a morning ritual before I go to work. I realized that in my frenzy to fix whatever was wrong I had totally forgotten to take my daily medicine.

How do you maintain your self and your magical practice? What is the most important thing that you do everyday?