Comments on: Gym Drill and Other Rituals http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals Religion and spirituality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Shelby http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals#comment-87 Shelby Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:18:04 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals#comment-87 Elizabeth, I completely agree. Your morning <b> ritual </b> has a set pattern, is done intentionally, and is deeply meaningful. What a nice way to start each day. Elizabeth,

I completely agree. Your morning ritual has a set pattern, is done intentionally, and is deeply meaningful. What a nice way to start each day.

]]> By: Shelby http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals#comment-86 Shelby Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:56:39 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals#comment-86 Kevin, I was also thinking about writing as ritual. Since I started this blog, it has given my weeks a predictable structure. I choose a new topic each Sunday, I write a post about five days a week, and I try to reply to comments by the next day. This process has been very nourishing for me as well. As for the smoking part, perhaps rituals are as addictive as nicotine! If you are thinking about quitting smoking again, I wish you blessings and strength in that work. Kevin,

I was also thinking about writing as ritual. Since I started this blog, it has given my weeks a predictable structure. I choose a new topic each Sunday, I write a post about five days a week, and I try to reply to comments by the next day. This process has been very nourishing for me as well.

As for the smoking part, perhaps rituals are as addictive as nicotine!

If you are thinking about quitting smoking again, I wish you blessings and strength in that work.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals#comment-81 Elizabeth Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:03 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals#comment-81 This reminds me of my Methods in Religion class that all religion majors had to take when I was an undergrad. I INSISTED that having my coffee and reading the New York Times every morning was an important ritual of my life. The professor insisted it was a habit and not a ritual. But it is and was. I love taking time to wake up in the morning, checking out what is going on in the world, and just having down time each day before things get going. And it is a ritual. Not a habit. :) This reminds me of my Methods in Religion class that all religion majors had to take when I was an undergrad. I INSISTED that having my coffee and reading the New York Times every morning was an important ritual of my life. The professor insisted it was a habit and not a ritual. But it is and was. I love taking time to wake up in the morning, checking out what is going on in the world, and just having down time each day before things get going. And it is a ritual. Not a habit. :)

]]> By: Comrade Kevin http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals#comment-80 Comrade Kevin Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2007/gym-drill-and-other-rituals#comment-80 One of my rituals is to make sure that I write on a daily basis. It's a cathartic exercise for one, and for another, it allows me to put my thoughts down on paper. But what is true for one UU is not true for another. Unfortunately, I recently started smoking again, and I realized that I missed the ritual of going outside--observing the air, the trees, and just enjoying being outside. As we draw no particular line in the sand between the sacred and the secular I think within reason we all have our own rituals. One of my rituals is to make sure that I write on a daily basis. It’s a cathartic exercise for one, and for another, it allows me to put my thoughts down on paper.

But what is true for one UU is not true for another.

Unfortunately, I recently started smoking again, and I realized that I missed the ritual of going outside–observing the air, the trees, and just enjoying being outside.

As we draw no particular line in the sand between the sacred and the secular I think within reason we all have our own rituals.

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