Sometimes we have to go outside our usual routine and mode of being in order to acknowledge a major shift or mark a significant occasion in our lives. It is very useful to mark an important event and create a ritual to honor it. Traditionally, this is done in a community and often a religious setting. However, it can also be a personal ritual, a time to stop, reflect, and commemorate the occasion. This can be done in a time of crisis or joy.
Is there any ritual you would like to create? If so, would this be one for yourself, or would you like to include others? What would be meaningful for you? Is there any particular music you would like to use? Singing? What do you find inspirational? Do you have favorite poems or readings? Are there any special prayers or religious ceremonies that you would like to incorporate in your ritual? Who would you like to invite to share it with you? Do you want to choose someone to lead it or do it yourself?
Let your mind imagine different possibilities, asking yourself how they might nourish and support you? You can be free to be creative or repeat a familiar custom. Enjoy, appreciate, and allow yourself to receive. This will give to others, as well as to yourself.
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