The other week there was a full moon... and it was visible in the evening, rising in the east, and then again this morning, setting in the west. I've never really paid attention to the moonrises and moonsets... Do they always occur in the evening and in the morning??? I don't think so, but I have no sound evidence to go on... And, I just did a quick check and no... the moon rises and sets at different times depending on your location, the phase of the moon, etc, etc. Plus, the time between one moonrise and another is more than 24 hours, so there could be a day when you won't have a moonrise at all!
And that got me to wondering about the influence the full moon has on us... We know that, historically, there's been a link between the full moon and insanity... hence "lunatic" and "lunacy". Hospital workers dread a full moon because things go a bit crazy and the ER is much busier... But is there any truth to this? Is it based on the full moon? If you read the stuff on the internet, the results are not consistent... some say there is a negative influence, some say a positive influence... and some say it has no influence at all...
I guess it depends on each of us... or maybe it's just an excuse for our bad moods? Let's blame it on the moon?? Or on something else? We could blame it on a flu shot (causes irritability). Or on donating blood (makes us feel tired and lethargic). Or on something that we ate (gave us indigestion)... Funny how many things there are out there that we can blame stuff on... instead of taking responsibility for what's up with us now...We're just feeling lousy... and that's OK... There doesn't have to be anything to pin it onto... Just the awareness that we are feeling lousy is enough... Awareness and then making the choice for something else...
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