What accomplishment have you overlooked & immediately moved towards the next goal? Simply because we step into a new role doesn't mean we're going to miss the old one, even if walking away from it is a choice. A release ceremony can be a way to honor the process, acknowledge the growth, and move forward with having given that moment the closure it deserves.
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Spiders are amazing! That was a really good change analogy. Outgrowing the past and transitioning to the next season is not always continuous or linear. The transition between past and future is connected by that "moment under the shed skin," looking at what was, while hoping for what will be. You have talked about ritual and what I understand as the value of "sanctifying" what was, is, and will be and in some ways, we do seem to have public, secular actions that fit that need. But, they are often hollow and difficult to internalize the reality of the moment. If we are really sincere about our own growth and transition, then the personal ritual you spoke of in you…