Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022
Today’s Gift from Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation is:
Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.
— Christina Baldwin
We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, births, graduations, and holidays. These events mark important times and turning points. Many of us have not honored these rituals, or we have doubted their meaning in life. Some of us have seen rituals used in false and hollow ways, and as a result deprived ourselves of the honest and deep rewards that flow from true and meaningful observances. Many of us are awakening from a time when all of life lost its meaning, and rituals also seemed empty.
Now we are transforming into men who are not cynical, who don’t diminish the landmarks in our lives. So we send birthday cards, we light a candle for the memory of a departed grandparent, and we give a gift to acknowledge our partner’s special day. The ritual of observing one month of sobriety can be even more meaningful than one decade’s observance. All events deserve some attention to mark those times. They bring us to attention. In our humility, we accept the attention, and we give attention to others.
Today, I will take note of important life events and will plan to mark them with appropriate rituals.
Hazelden Foundation
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