Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler
Author:Bruce Feiler [Feiler, Bruce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2020-07-14T07:00:00+00:00
A Light in the Window
In my interviews, I asked everybody whether they marked the moment they entered a life transition. I was pretty open-ended about what might qualify as such an indicator. They could be rituals, gestures, tributes, or commemorations of any kind.
Seventy-eight percent of people said yes; 22 percent said no.
The answers themselves showed remarkable inventiveness and revealed a consistent, almost instinctual need people have to reassure themselves in times of upheaval that they’re not going to be swept away by the turmoil. I found four broad categories of ritual. In order of popularity, they are:
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