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 %RITUAL ACCEPTANCE RITE PASSAGE CHILD ADULT PARENT 910518

     As humans  we  need rites of  passage  to  maker  and
acknowledge   transitions  between  states  in  the  human
pilgrimage.    We need to take care not to regard rites of
passage  as indications of arrival which is final,  rather
than  as  a  mile-stone on a continuing journey.    If  we
regard  a rite of passage as a sign of arrival,  the mile-
stone  becomes a grave marker indicating the place in  our
journey where we died.

     A rite of passage is an affirmation of acceptance. We
need to take care not to make rites of passage conditional
in such ways that love, dialogue, community,  cooperation,
encouragement  and support which are essential to personal
and  communal integrity become conditional commodities  in
manipulative trading.

     Healthy rites  of passage  are  encouragements  which
enable  pilgrims  to  progress on their  unique  journeys,
rather  than rewards given to successful  competitors  who
won   contests,    and  who are  given  special  exclusive
goods, rights and/or privileges.

     Healthy rites of passage are as much celebrations  of
healthy community and dialogue as they are recognitions of
individual  accomplishments.    Rites of  passage  promote
personal  and  communal  integrity,   rather  than  reward
achievements of personal acceptability.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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