Endings & Beginnings

Close-up of a person walking on a sunlit forest path, wearing hiking shoes and blue pants.

Our lives are shaped by a series of stories, each with its own narrative arc. We leave home and welcome people to our home; we enter our reproductive years and leave them; we end one piece of our life’s work and begin another. Endings and beginnings are bittersweet—we celebrate each with the awareness of the other. 

Latest Rituals

“I stand on holy ground”

Sunlight streaming through fluffy clouds in a blue sky.

“The Divine breath / Enters the human shape”

Abstract art with a black circle at the center, surrounded by swirling white and beige lines on a dark background.

“The fish are passing through sunlight and shadow”

Silhouette of a person standing in water at sunset with the sun setting behind them.

Experience of a refugee from the Soviet Union

Person walking on train tracks with a brown suitcase, wearing a frilly skirt, polka-dot socks, and boots.
God, without boundary, / please widen our gaze.
Wispy white clouds stretch across a deep blue sky, creating a soft and airy atmosphere.
You want to leave in peace. / I want to write your name with love.
woman with backpack facing a wintry lake and mountains
A family with children laughing and dining together at a table set with food and drinks.
A person writing in a journal with a decorative pen, wearing rings and sitting outdoors.

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