Rituals, it turns out, offer liberation, not captivity.
Habit, tradition, routine, ceremony, seasonality, and ritual offer an anchor. But into what?
Not an anchor to any particular place or thing or person. Certainly not to any specific idea or belief. Rather, a tie to a purpose. A reminder of an intention.
When we discover how we want to feel, think, behave, interact, and experience the world, rituals become north stars in a universe of possibility.
These stars are unique to every human, family, community, culture, and even business. Given all the choices we face on a daily basis, the art of taking some choices off the table is just one fruit of ritual.
Another? Rituals offer a deliberate simplicity to the choices we organically let remain.
Today, as always, is our ritual of closing our space for cleaning, team building, exploring, resting, and preparing for all that lay ahead.
Whatever yours are, we hope they set you free as regularly as ours set us.