Last fall I began reading Sara Sagen\u2019s book \u201cFor Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World.\u201d I am a nonreligious and spiritually inept person; I never have been able to define spirituality for myself. Yet I lament the lack of ritual in my life. Until I read Sagen\u2019s book, which talks of a science-based philosophy of life, religious and cultural rituals, and how she develops meaningful rituals. Then, I noticed ritualistic habits and practices I already have and when\/how I form new ones. I came to better understand how these help me navigate my world. Join me as I look at rituals that once impressed me, why I\/we reject them and how new meaningful ones can take their place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"