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A quick observation of myself:
I love tradition, but I hate mindless ritual. Every tradition must serve a heartfelt purpose, otherwise it’s an empty motion that simply confuses other people and makes you more calloused towards God.
What you make a ritual of should be hot, relevant, and un-boring. The purpose of a ritual is to remind you of something important about life. If it’s empty and boring, you will simply glaze over it and forget about whatever it was supposed to remind you of.