The full moon fascinates me. I enjoy watching it slowly, night by night, become full. The illuminated landscape reveals a patchwork of lights and darks and oddly shaped shadows. But all too soon, the moon begins to wane. Less moon, less light, darker nights.
Watching this month's full moon wax and wane got me thinking - the moon is like so many New Year's resolutions. You start out the year with big ideas and plans but you run out of time, energy, interest, and your resolutions are left unfulfilled.
While the Native Americans called the first full moon of the new year the Full Wolf Moon (http://www.farmersalmanac.com/full-moon-names), I've decided to call it the Resolution Moon: full of possibility, but gone too soon. Fortunately, there's always next month!
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