Greeting the New Year
We need rituals to set times apart. Part of them are celebrations for times past, part is celebrations for times to come. Because rituals are like a coin that has two faces. A full ritual acknowledges both sides of life, the past and the future. Staying right in the intersection is where we find the present moment of life. It is slim, also like a coin, and where value is held. We need rituals to remember that sliver of time where we inhabit the present.
Platitudes are a waste of time
Hoping to say something, many resort to platitudes. Great empty words that fill the air but not the hearts. Great empty words that are gone in a second but consume the time of every person who comes across them. When you are mute like me, and every word is an act of courage of the clumsy hand, nothing said can be a platitude. For me, meaning needs to be dense to be worth the effort to spell it on a keyboard.