Morning Altar Time

I recently added a new element to my practices: lighting the candle on my household altar first thing in the morning and spending a few minutes there. The centering and grounding it gives me is far out of proportion to the effort and time expended.

This morning I felt like there wasn't much point to doing it. I slept badly last night and this morning I feel like I'm hung over. My head is fuzzy and I can barely keep my eyes open. I didn't feel like I could bring any coherence to the observance -- but I did it anyway.

To my surprise, just sitting there made me feel better, more solid, more calm.

Sometimes -- okay, a lot of the time -- I forget that I don't have to do all the work myself. They do some of it as well, even when I don't ask.