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A Year and a Day - Honoring Anniversaries

11/7/2013

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by Deborah Globus
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A friend of mine is celebrating an anniversary this week, except it isn’t really an event to celebrate.  

Really what she’s doing is honoring a milestone in an on-going process.

In our culture we’re big on the yearly anniversary but in other cultures (like the Celtic traditions) it’s the quest of a year and a day that holds real power.  

The yearly anniversary is the commemoration of the event.  By acknowledging that one extra day you symbolically signify a continuation.  

Here’s what I mean:

In Watership Down where the rabbits couldn’t count past four, five became mystical – a symbol of infinity.  

In Judaism, 8 is a mystical number (the day when a bris is held) because the world was created in a week, seven days, and so 8 begins the cycle again.

Or in the words of Matisyahu “Eight is the number of infinity/ one more that you know.”

And it’s that “one more than you know” that’s vital to an ongoing process, whether it’s recovery, a 12 step program, continued heath after the anniversary of a diagnosis, or just pure emotional growth.  

It’s the hope and the wish that it’ll continue.

It’s the “more, please.”

Bright Blessings on your own journey of a year and a day!
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    My name is Deborah Globus and I am La Padre.  With me you'll find the support you need to uncover practical, do-able spiritual practices that work for you.  I offer new perspectives on old practices like journaling and ritual, with a side of compassion and a healthy dose of humor, just to keep it down-to-earth and real!

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