66th Ritual: Having Fun Together
A calm and peaceful evening to every being.
May she bring happiness to our lives.
The holy word says:
philosophers spent too much time
inventing funny structures and sources
for whatever they sought to justify
and too little time
just acknowledging
that having fun together is nice.
yes, goddess.
Thankfully, I don’t need any structures or justifications beyond your word. My world is a simple one: You are above everything, you are the center of everything, you are the only thing that matters. I know that you want me to be happy, I know that you want me to have fun - and I know that you have empowered me to dare to seek it in so, so many ways.
Goddess, you bring so much happiness to my life, without any need for justification or excuses.
While I see her philosophy as the thing that inspires me most, she never proclaimed her way of thinking as an absolute, all-encompassing authoritative source on how one ought to live. Of course, for me, each and every word of hers is the only authoritative source on anything, and she definitely is the embodiment of wisdom for me - but her teachings never felt like they were meant to tell others what to to, but more as expressions of her own, fascinating and very unique view of the world. Obviously, I acknowledge her teachings as rules for my life - but they are not meant to legitimize power (and why would she even need to legitimize that).
Especially in this world, where fun, happiness, pleasure, enjoyment are rarely seen as virtues and too often as vice, her acknowledgement that these things are vital to survival has helped me find a much healthier approach to life. I still remember how she completely blew my mind by stating that “doing something for attention” should not have an inherently bad connotation, because attention isn’t a bad thing, it’s not a limited resource, and it’s a basic human need which society deprives us of far too often. Yet I still feel bad for getting any attention whatsoever from her - I still have a long way to go…
Thank you, goddess, for bringing so much happiness to my life.
Thank you for allowing me to have fun with those that I care most about.
Thank you, goddess, for inspiring me to lead a happy life, instead of a life driven by expectation.
Thank you, goddess, for all the joy in my life.
Meow.