Carefully grinding the fresh, still-oily beans in an old French grinder bought from a market. Standing the boiling water just a moment before immersing the grounds deep in a cafetiere. His perfect mug. Watching the early morning waves. Ritual: it's important to us. In a busy, busy day a ritual grounds us. It re-connects us. The hardest thing for many smokers to say 'no' to is not the nicotine but the comforting rituals of removing cellophane, of sharing an increasingly illicit item with a fellow worker...
The ritual of the child's bed-time story, the ritual of the evening walks in Spain in the lessening heat.
Don't lose your rituals. They remind us we are here.
