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October 1: spontaneous ceremony
On this day in Pen Pal, Kaya took an action to express grief. You might say she created a spontaneous ceremony.
I think people do this a lot. Prescribed rituals do give us a way to proclaim and honor our big feelings (the happy ones as well as the sad ones), but sometimes they're not enough; sometimes we need or want to go further. We want to make a personal statement. Or, like Kaya, we may not be in a position to engage in prescribed rituals.
Do you have any spontaneous ceremonies you've created that you can share? And did any then go on to become personal traditions? One of mine that I don't mind sharing, for instance, is doing a great bow (after the manner of the fairy queen in The Perilous Gard) in locations of great physical beauty would be one.
One that my kids do is bake cakes on the occasion of the birthdays of characters from anime or video games. I highly endorse that one!
I think people do this a lot. Prescribed rituals do give us a way to proclaim and honor our big feelings (the happy ones as well as the sad ones), but sometimes they're not enough; sometimes we need or want to go further. We want to make a personal statement. Or, like Kaya, we may not be in a position to engage in prescribed rituals.
Do you have any spontaneous ceremonies you've created that you can share? And did any then go on to become personal traditions? One of mine that I don't mind sharing, for instance, is doing a great bow (after the manner of the fairy queen in The Perilous Gard) in locations of great physical beauty would be one.
One that my kids do is bake cakes on the occasion of the birthdays of characters from anime or video games. I highly endorse that one!
I need a guardian whale icon
Beulah and Beluga came into my life when we lived in Mayotte. Despite loving the idea of s.c.u.b.a. diving, it was a scary thing to learn and do. I am now a level 2 in Padi and can dive down to 40m or do a dive without an instructor, but I had to overcome my control-freak tendencies to do it. Anyhow, one day on the boat, heading out across the lagoon, I prayed for a safe dive and the image of two gigantic whales swimming alongside me as protectors appeared in my mind. I've been inviting them back ever since. :)
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I like little traditions and rituals and yet was sad to think that perhaps I didn't have any. I would think that I had more...
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