christinaeve

Ritual is how our ancestors celebrated life, mourned loss, connected with nature, and honored change. They've always been our way of saying: this moment matters. Whether whispering prayers to the stars, pouring offerings into the earth, or simply placing a hand on our heart, ritual is how we mark meaning.

What it’s really saying is: The chores and mundane aspects of life don’t disappear just because you embarked on a spiritual journey. You’re still living a human life. You still have dishes and laundry to do. But something does shift. You begin to see that the sacred isn’t something you reach after everything is pristine... It’s in the mess and the routine. It’s woven into the ordinary moments.

You know those questions that are supposed to be light, breezy ice breakers, but actually make you want to evaporate into thin air? “So… what do you like to do for fun?” “What do you do for work?” "Tell me about yourself!” “What have you been up to lately?” It gets tossed around casually, like it’s no big deal. But for me? It’s one of those questions that makes my mind go completely blank. Like, who even am I? What is fun? Do I… do fun? Because suddenly, I’m not just answering a questio