Gratitude Grows Awareness: Which Wolf Do You Feed This Full Moon?
Amor Fati. This Latin phrase translates to "love of one’s fate." It is the art of loving the cards you are dealt in life and fully embracing your path.
The ancient Stoics, like Marcus Aurelius, approached challenges with a calm mind, focusing strictly on what they could control while practicing radical acceptance for what they could not. But we can take it a step further: Where would you be if you were genuinely grateful for all your trials and tribulations? Who would you become if you fell completely in love with the life you are living?
This is not a denial of reality—it is the ultimate embracing of it.
Gratitude expands your awareness, giving you a clear view of the good and beauty in your life while highlighting the tools available to create change. Think of gratitude like a highlighter, focusing your attention on the best parts of a situation, making them brighter, and filling the space with light for new possibilities and growth.
Amplifying Your Power Under the Full Moon
The full moon, the pinnacle of the lunar cycle, symbolizes the zenith of light and power available to us. This is a unique opportunity to cultivate creation and manifestation in your life.
The choice always lies within you: What do you choose to focus on? Gratitude guides your focus, while the full moon acts as an amplifier for your desires.
Imagine you have two wolves within your soul—a wolf of Light and a wolf of Shadow. Based on your thoughts, words, and actions, you feed one or the other.
Which wolf do you choose to feed? Will you nurture the wolf of Light, supporting its growth and allowing it to become strong and mature?
When the thoughts in your mind are filled with gratitude, creativity, and the potential for success... the Wolf of Light grows.
When the words you speak are words of appreciation, honor, and respect... the Wolf of Light grows.
When your actions stem from integrity, virtue, and nobility... the Wolf of Light grows.
Governing Your Destiny
The wolf you choose to feed becomes your fate. The choice to give attention to your creations gives power to your destiny.
Perhaps fate is not entirely predestined. Perhaps it is a potential that you govern through discipline, discernment, and above all, Love. This is the kind of love that inspires you to change, to move mountains, and to love life so much that you brave the next hand of cards Life deals you with courage and an indomitable spirit. It is the choice to conquer the quest.
What if you trusted yourself to do your very best in every situation? What if, in each challenge that arose, you saw an opportunity to grow, expand, and become stronger as you pushed against the resistance of comfort?
Falling at times is inevitable when you live outside your comfort zone. But instead of turning to complaints, what if you made the conscious choice to feed the wolf of gratitude?
“Thank you for this lesson, this opportunity for growth.”
The Path to Greatness
We often view greatness as a trait some people are simply born with. But what if the true path to greatness is Amor Fati—to love your fate?
If that is true, then we accept reality as it is, and we do everything in our power to bring light to the situation. The light of the full moon is a powerful source to grow your wolf.
Which wolf do you feed?
