What the super blue blood moon can teach you about happiness

You’ve probably heard already about…  

The super blue blood moon.

It’s a combination of three things:

1. Blood Moon (When the Earth is moving between the moon and sun which gives the moon a reddish color. Aka a lunar eclipse)
2. Blue Moon  (When a full moon happens twice in one month)
3. Super Moon (The moon is closest to earth making it 30% brighter and appear 14% larger)

Last time this happened in the U.S. was over 150 years ago.

Do you think all the weird things that happen on a full-moon will be amplified?

Such as:

1. More dogs rush to the ER

If you have a pup, it has a 28% higher chance of going to the emergency room.

1. Higher tides

 

1. Birth rate increases

Research in Kyoto, Japan found more babies are born during super moons than other times.

1. Higher crime rate

This one is wishy-washy. Most likely this is because the brightness outside (from full moons) lures more people (regular folks and criminals) outside like moths to a street light.

1. Disrupted sleep

In the journal of Current Biology, researchers found that during a full-moon, subjects took longer to fall asleep, slept less, and had 30% less deep sleep (even when they couldn’t see the moon or clocks)

1. Higher success rate of surgery

Researchers discovered patients who had heart surgery during full moons were less likely to die and had shorter hospital stays.

1. Sea turtles lay eggs

Apparently, sea turtles prefer to wait until full moons to lay their eggs on shore.

Either way…

Here’s a hefty lesson to pull out today:

Life has these big events. Big celebrations. Big Milestones. On these days, people are conditioned to allow themselves to celebrate or “be happy”.

But when it comes to the small steps… the mini-milestones… the little joys… Most people “poo-poo” on those. They don’t think they are significant enough to celebrate. They don’t allow themselves to extract the happiness from those.

Instead, they wait for the BIG achievements. And thus, they miss the magic from the little moments.

​Use this rare day as a reminder to find the magic in everyday moments… everyday progress… even if you’re not at your goal yet.

Remember to celebrate and cheer yourself on with each step forward.

And you’ll find the more you do this, the more you’ll find them.