Awesome post… My ritual is to send pictures to family members so that they see what I see… It’s always fun to get them in return… That way you can see it right where they are at that time at that place… And share that moment with them, no matter where you are in the world…
I had a deep rejection of religious rituals as a child and I sense much of the modern, intellectual world has rejected them as well. Your words bring up the observation that we all take part in rituals every day: morning meditation, making coffee, saying hello to that someone we see everyday but don't know well, walking to lunch with a colleague. Maybe, rituals are more defined by our attitude toward these activities than the activities themselves. Do we see everyone as sharing this beautiful, difficult, mysterious thing called humanity? Do we truly see and accept it in ourselves? If we do, maybe its possible that rituals that create connection are all around us. We just have to see them through the right light.
I am a HUGE fan of rituals. I love my Sunday spa showers (TMI?), birthday lunches/dinners with friends we make a point never to miss, my odd addiction to EastEnders, my inexplicable delight in F1 (don't judge me; I already judge me for that). Starting a new urban-hike-to-brunch ritual with a friend now that the weather's getting better. If only I could fall in love with the ritual of housecleaning. All of these rituals/traditions do bring us closer -- to ourselves, to our loved ones, to our community. This is a lovely post, Sue. Thank you. Enjoy your travels. xo
Rituals are important as they bring us together. In Sweden, where I come from, we still celebrate christmas (on the 24th of dec :-)) , Easter etc. even though like 80% consider themselves atheists. Since Sweden has been ipeace for over 200 years we don't have any officially rituals related to the war (for some reasons we don't have any rituals celebrating peace either). One of our greatest ritual is "Midsummer" where we bring all together (family members , friends and others) to dance around the maypole, feasting etc.... Without our official rituals we would be much more lonely than we already are. Globalisation also makes us inherit more rituals (especially those coming from US)That's good!
Very well done.
Awesome post… My ritual is to send pictures to family members so that they see what I see… It’s always fun to get them in return… That way you can see it right where they are at that time at that place… And share that moment with them, no matter where you are in the world…
I had a deep rejection of religious rituals as a child and I sense much of the modern, intellectual world has rejected them as well. Your words bring up the observation that we all take part in rituals every day: morning meditation, making coffee, saying hello to that someone we see everyday but don't know well, walking to lunch with a colleague. Maybe, rituals are more defined by our attitude toward these activities than the activities themselves. Do we see everyone as sharing this beautiful, difficult, mysterious thing called humanity? Do we truly see and accept it in ourselves? If we do, maybe its possible that rituals that create connection are all around us. We just have to see them through the right light.
I am a HUGE fan of rituals. I love my Sunday spa showers (TMI?), birthday lunches/dinners with friends we make a point never to miss, my odd addiction to EastEnders, my inexplicable delight in F1 (don't judge me; I already judge me for that). Starting a new urban-hike-to-brunch ritual with a friend now that the weather's getting better. If only I could fall in love with the ritual of housecleaning. All of these rituals/traditions do bring us closer -- to ourselves, to our loved ones, to our community. This is a lovely post, Sue. Thank you. Enjoy your travels. xo
Rituals are important as they bring us together. In Sweden, where I come from, we still celebrate christmas (on the 24th of dec :-)) , Easter etc. even though like 80% consider themselves atheists. Since Sweden has been ipeace for over 200 years we don't have any officially rituals related to the war (for some reasons we don't have any rituals celebrating peace either). One of our greatest ritual is "Midsummer" where we bring all together (family members , friends and others) to dance around the maypole, feasting etc.... Without our official rituals we would be much more lonely than we already are. Globalisation also makes us inherit more rituals (especially those coming from US)That's good!