First Post Ritual

Seeking a gesture to make this inauguration auspicious; grateful for libraries of tradition.

A traditional ritual I learned from my mother – always leave the first page of any notebook blank. That page is for God. Reservation? Invitation? Offering? Yes. It’s a dedication to the root of your humility/sense of awe.

Same ritual for any and every workbook, agenda, three-ring binder, Lisa Frank notepad, composition notebook, or journal I’ve ever used. Only exceptions = legal pads.

That first, blank page is rife with energetic alchemy. It is key to defeating the anxiety of getting started, and has a supportive quality that is unique to its context – something psychological going on there, but I’m not so curious about it beyond reinforced understanding that ritual is often an effective catalyst.

Don’t know how to leave the first page blank when it comes to a blog… so I’m presenting this (brief as I could make it) reflection instead.

Adaptation keeps things alive.