Rituals

Have you ever noticed how soothing it is to have rituals?? Whether it is something we do in the morning... brew the coffee, read a book, have breakfast, do some writing... Or whether it is something we do at work... turn on our computer, check our emails, schedule our day, tidy our desk... There is something that we humans really like about ritual... About doing something the same way morning after morning or day after day... The corollary of that is... we can get quite "out of sorts" when our rituals are turned upside down!! We like our rituals. They give us security and comfort... We can then feel uncomfortable and distracted and insecure when our rituals are thrown out the window... Whether it is arriving at work late... getting a surprise request from our boss... finding that we are out of coffee... getting an early morning phone call... Or whatever it is...

Rituals are soothing... they are comforting... they help to ground us, keep us balanced... Rituals are like an anchor in our lives... or maybe several anchors... And when rituals are turned upsdie down, we find our lives turned upside down and we are cast adrift on the currents of life...

Sometimes though, rituals can feel boring... they can feel stifling and we get tired of the "same old, same old"... we yearn for something new... we yearn for something different... We crave newness, freshness in our lives... So we alter our rituals a little bit... add something new, make a change... and create a new ritual for a new time in our lives... We are, after all, always moving, always changing, always learning and always developing... the rituals from 10 years ago might not serve us today... And the rituals we have today might not serve us next month or next year...