rituals are to time what home is to space: they render time habitable - byung-chul han
"Building rituals requires defining very precise behaviors and performing them at very specific times—motivated by deeply held values."
Tal Ben-Shahar • Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment


"Today, time lacks a solid structure. It is not a house but an erratic stream. It disintegrates into a mere sequence of point-like presences; it rushes off. There is nothing to provide time with any hold [Halt]. Time that rushes off is not habitable. Rituals stabilize life." -BCH
By “ritual,” I mean those things we do that help us know who we are.