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Performing Daily Ceremony

Having daily ritual or ceremony in our lives is very important to keep us connected to what really matters.

When we perform or participate in rituals and ceremonies, we enter into a state of mind that is different from mundane consciousness. Ranging in significance from bedtime stories to weddings, ceremonies and rituals are acknowledgments that an event or period of time has special meaning. As a result, they can have the effect of drawing us into the moment, inviting us to pay closer attention and tune into the subtle energies that are always present but that often go unrecognized. In addition, as we perform the same actions we have performed before and will perform again, we immerse ourselves in a river of continuity that extends back into the past and forward into the future.

Many of us have distanced ourselves from rituals that may have seemed too constricting or too attached to an organized religion we have chosen not to follow. However, we can reclaim the practices of ceremony and ritual to good effect, imbuing them with our new consciousness, and we do not have to wait for a big event to do it. We can engage in daily practices that include ritual and ceremony, reminding ourselves throughout the day of the sacredness of this life. In fact, if we look closely, we will see that our days are already made up of rituals, from the time we wake up to the time we retire. So we do not need to change anything except our perspective to imbue our day with an air of ceremony.

Most of our daily rituals revolve around nourishing and cleansing, both of which have always been sacred acts. With this in mind, we may pause before each meal, close our eyes, and say a silent thank you to the universe that provides. If we want to get more elaborate, we can light candles or bless our food. Similarly, as we wash ourselves in the morning and evening, we can choose to see the grace in this act of cleansing and purification as we release what has past and prepare ourselves for the new. We can be as simple or as complex as we like, so long as our attitude is one of reverence for this sacred moment in this sacred life. AMEN! ✨✨

Over the Rainbow
Song by Judy Garland

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There’s a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That’s where you’ll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can’t I?
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can’t I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can’t I?

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California Kitten wishing you a great Wednesday Morning. 😎✨

@shoelady60,

Good day in the beautiful ‘burgh. Hey enjoy your luncheon today with your sis and mom. 💕🌹
I know the Asian Food will be good. ✨🌹

I am feeling alright and last night my niece had a great time at her High School Graduation.

Everyone is sleeping in today. ✨

I am enjoying the spring weather. If we do a cook out it will be held outdoors. 😎

Sending a good vibes to you and Jakes Canvas. 😘✨😎

@taci,

Good morning in S. California. All is well in OZ I am taking it easy.

I have already went out walking with Poppy. ✨Going to do some laundry
and this and that.

Oz has the sun today and some rain tonight. 😎🌹💕

Wishing you a great Wednesday any plans for the three day holiday?

Happy Trails To You. 🎶🎶

@oodiebom,

Good day on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 😘Oodie how are you today?
Hey OZ has the sun the temps are alright and we have some rain tonight.

I am taking it easy and feeling alright. 😎✨I am looking at Videos of my niece
graduation from high school. My brother and his wife took some good pics. I wish
I were there. My mother looks great. 😘💕🌹Big family party this weekend.

Oodie if you do not feel like cleaning due to the weather don’t do it.

Did hubby like the food you took? I know him and his room mate always look forward
to seeing you come I know I would.🌹💕

Here is to some good rain.

@xango,

Good afternoon in sunny and rainy Florida well parts of it. 😎🌹All is good in the land of OZ.

I am feeling alright and hubby is back to work. I enjoyed your post last night.

Niece had a great time last night at her graduation now comes the big party. 😎✨

If it is still raining just relax and enjoy the sound and smell of fresh rain.

@loaf,

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