A Ritual

Hello modern day cyber journalists,

Today I will be discussing my ritual and what it means to me.

Well to preface this blog I would like to say that I have two differing rituals that focus on two areas in my life. There is my personal ritual and my Fiji ritual.

I think i'll start off describing my Fiji ritual. The all encompassing friendship, knowledge, service, morality, and excellence. What's nice about these "guidelines," as another one of my brothers put it, is that they challenge us to live to a higher standard. Everyday we are reminded about our ritual and we can see if we measure up to those lofty ideals our founders set out for us. What is nice about the Fiji ritual is that it is split up into two fundamentally significant life groups.  Those values focused on yourself and those focused on others. Although one can say that all the values benefit others, I believe morality and knowledge are there to improve one's self. To counter balance these introspective ideals, Fiji also presses the importance of friendship and service. What a better way to push a group of people toward a higher standard of living then to focus on individuals and the people they interact with. To top it off, all of these values are tied together through excellence.

All in all I would say living in Fiji really helps to put these values in to practice (living my ritual.) Being around my brothers who all hold these values like I do helps to keep me committed. Which brings up a good point I want to make; living a ritual is made easier when you surround yourself with those of similar ideals. I would like to say, however, that your ritual isn't tested until you surround yourself with people who's beliefs differ from yours. So it is good to build the basic structure surrounded by similar thinking men, but to cement your ideals you need to put yourself in uncomfortable situations.

Now fortunately for me Fiji has helped to finalize my personal ritual. My personal ritual used to focus more on friendship, knowledge, and excellence. Friendship because I am probably one of the most extroverted people you will ever meet. Knowledge because for some reason I just enjoy learning (if it is in an area I enjoy.) Excellence existed in order to prove to myself and my parent the type of person I could become. Fiji has helped me to move away from a self centered approach on life. Now my ritual is more focused on my interactions with others and less on myself. Now of course I am still struggling in areas but I really enjoy the man this ritual is making out of me.

Anyways I guess a little sum up of this blog for those who aren't going to read it all. My personal ritual focused on improving myself and the Fiji ritual has helped to "round" my life out by focusing on others.

Cool? ha. Hope you guys enjoy finding out a little more about me.

Coz