I've been thinking about Ritual a lot lately in different contexts, but never made the connection you make here. We can leverage ritual to take control of the "uncontrollable". Seasons change whether we like it or not--but we can use ritual to participate in it, and mark the occasion.
This has applications to all kinds of change, too--a commenter on the previous article mentioned personal seasons or "seasons of life" and there's a way we can leverage ritual for that too. Birthdays, for example--a great opportunity to follow your N.A.M.S. tools and embrace a new age and new season of life that comes with it. (I'm thinking really hard about how to make that a snappy acronym!)
Highly recommend the classic book "To Dance With God" by Gertrud Mueller Nelson. In the first half of the book she goes into detail about the theory behind ritual, especially Christian ritual (she's Catholic). It's one of the books on my short Lifechanging Books list. 🌿
I've been thinking about Ritual a lot lately in different contexts, but never made the connection you make here. We can leverage ritual to take control of the "uncontrollable". Seasons change whether we like it or not--but we can use ritual to participate in it, and mark the occasion.
This has applications to all kinds of change, too--a commenter on the previous article mentioned personal seasons or "seasons of life" and there's a way we can leverage ritual for that too. Birthdays, for example--a great opportunity to follow your N.A.M.S. tools and embrace a new age and new season of life that comes with it. (I'm thinking really hard about how to make that a snappy acronym!)
Great food for thought, thank you!
Highly recommend the classic book "To Dance With God" by Gertrud Mueller Nelson. In the first half of the book she goes into detail about the theory behind ritual, especially Christian ritual (she's Catholic). It's one of the books on my short Lifechanging Books list. 🌿