We’re planning a farewell ritual for one of our Brooklyn Group who is headed to Colorado soon. She’s a challenge – she doesn’t really like keepsakes and lives a very uncluttered lifestyle (so, the exact opposite of most of the group!) As such, we wanted to give her something that wouldn’t take up room in the car on the long drive, but that she could still have as a constant reminder of our love and presence as she starts on this latest leg of her journey. So we gave her trees! In the same way that animals have symbolic meaning, so do plants and trees. I found this lovely little website that gives all the Celtic meanings of the trees. |
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by Deborah Globus Often I undertake projects that call for extended work –
There is a threat (a nerve-wracking, energy-sapping threat) of losing focus, of not being able to follow through and see it through to the end. Sheer will power is not a strong point of mine. I stumbled upon a solution many years ago. by Deborah Globus I just got done leading another of the Virtual Business Retreats that I’ve been doing every couple of months with these great groups of women.
I mentioned how I’ve been feeling pinched in my dreaming and envisioning lately, how everything I think up goes crashing into a mental brick wall with the words YEAH, BUT written on it. They all seemed to know exactly what I was talking about. by Deborah Globus Today we celebrated the Summer Solstice. Technically we were a day late but with an eleven year old, a fifteen year old, and all the other characters that attend we’ve found it’s best to be a little flexible with timing, lest we don’t celebrate at all.
We celebrated the Solstice with a Norse boast, a drinking game that the Norsemen of the cold North used to while away the long nights of winter. We borrowed it, feeling that the boasting aspect of it – making things as grand and elaborate and LONG as possible – seemed in alignment with the sun’s longest journey in the sky. A Norse boast is drunk in four rounds as follows: by Deborah Globus Like Stones on Your Heart My fifteen year old has discovered Dead Poets Society, a movie Buzzfeed guarantees will make you “ugly cry.” They’re not wrong – it’s a tear-jerker about growing up. Between the movie and the new page I put up on the website about coming of age ceremonies, it got me thinking about my own teenage years and the difficulties I had. It got me thinking about the ways in which I got over those difficulties, and the ways I found healing. I tell the story of one of those ways in the video below. Rituals should be easy. They should be doable. They should be helpful. Dragging around your past (or even just the argument you had the night before) doesn’t help anyone, least of all you. Head to the beach and let the water take your troubled past. by Deborah Globus
by Deborah Globus At Kehillath Shalom Synagogue we held a Women’s Seder – the story of Exodus as told through the stories of the women so integral to the escape from slavery, and with an emphasis on women’s issues. We wanted to make it relavant and modern and so we added this: Ten Modern Plagues. Each reader stood as she read the name(s) she was given and remained standing. We went from a room of women sitting to being surrounded by the voices of women’s pain and suffering.
by Deborah Globus This one goes out to my friends at The Creative Haven:
My circle of friends always celebrated the Vernal Equinox by tying colored “ribbons” to trees to bring into our lives what we were hoping for in the upcoming season. We would use color symbolism to represent the quality we were looking for, sometimes combining colors to get just the right feeling. Want to play along? by Deborah Globus In my post last week I mentioned a concern that the pebble of fear I was feeling might “turn into a full blown worry rock.”
What’s a worry rock, you ask? Here’s a little story to explain: by Deborah Globus
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AuthorMy 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! Categories
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