The Ritual

A year and a day, otherwise known as the same day of next year, or in some cases the day after the same day of next year. It depends on the emphasis and context stupidly enough. See if given a year and a day, the interval time will occur in the next year one way or another. Such a system was known for a long time as the faery pact, but shows up in many other places still today.

The reason I bring it up is because today I celebrate such a ritual. Today is a day of solitary reflection significant to my life. As a year has seasons so does a life, and for reasons I will never understand we, as humans, spend the precious time we have left to live re-living the events of the past. Now I do admit that the past is a near sacred thing as it should be remembered and learned from. Additionally it is sacred because of the three basic temporal states, it is the only one which cannot be affected by choice. But for these reasons and to honor the memory of those I've lost, to reflect on where I am, and to remember that there is hope for what is to come I spend this day in trnas-flection. Today I shall drink to these things and begin my first step into my future. This day turns the page of the seasons of my life, just as it has in the past and shall do in the future.

If you don't already, I suggest you pick a day of special significance and use it to celebrate nothing as I have. It adds character, and will bring meaning to the other meaningless celebrations of life as you further begin to understand why ritual repetition is important as a reinforcing tool of identity. Make your own ritual and define your own identity, better to do this, then forever be defined by the world around you without your say in the matter.