How Rituals Help Us Find Meaning in Times of Change | Bruce Feiler

The top down pre scripted Institutionally mandated. hierarchical, in many cases patriarchal ritual. That's what people don't want anymore. They don't want the mindless, meaning free birth, right? The funeral that's just Reading from the script that has no personalization of the life of the person. That's what people don't want anymore. But what's happening is that people still crave the ritual.

Which is why basically they're going off script. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think ring true. And yet, for many of us, our thought strengthen or empowers us.

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter.

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