October 3rd, 2026
Stoke your fire. I knew I wanted October to have a witchy theme again, but I didn’t know how to describe what I specifically wanted until my yoga teacher found the words for me: stoke the fire.
Stoke it. Stir it. Fan it. We’re born carrying a flame others try to put out, but I say dance within it this year. Help it grow. This world needs us, but we must keep the fire going.
So stoke your fire. We need it. You need it.
Ever since I started taking each month more seriously, my days more seriously, I’ve grown an appreciation for each month and season. Days, weeks, and months used to blend together. When my English Teacher asked me back in 11th grade at the beginning of the year to reflect on how much we’ve changed from last year I was at a loss. To me, I never changed. Every year was the same. I truly believed that only lost people needed to get back on course or that some outside influence needed to affect me in some grand way for me to change. Funny thing for me to think really when my whole life was always about change, but I don’t want to get derailed. Life just happened to me, but I didn’t happen to it.
But now, looking back, it’s not just that I’m older and able to have more control that I see change, it’s that I’m paying attention. I’m more deliberate and aware of time, so that I can exercise change. So that I can feel and see change. I know my choices may be a ripple in the ocean outside, but my inner fire. I get to stoke that.
How will you stoke your fire this month? Even if it’s just once?
Link to September’s Self-Love Letter here: https://stoprightnowandreadmyblog.blog/2026/09/01/september-self-love-letter/
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