How it works: Each year has a block, each block has a blog section and a music section. The blog part is for sharing thoughts and events, you can click a post for it to expand. The music is to keep track of which songs I liked most this specific year.
I'm tempted to believe that traditions have no objective value. They're a completely subjective concept that seems archaic in nature, to the likes of religion or social structure. Similarly, the only value they have is the value we give them, which means it is subjective.
A quick google search and oregoncounseling.com tells me:
"Traditions Foster a sense of being and it provides a sense of belonging for those who may feel like an outsider. Traditions have been an important component of human societies since the dawn of time. They fulfill four key criteria for achieving the “Four B's,” our senses of Being, Belonging, Believing and Benevolence".
All good so far, but I'm still puzzled, why is it that I can find purpose beyond religion, and I can find order beyond social structure, but I cannot find my "Four 🅱️'s" past the traditions I was raised in? And why the fuck do they matter so much, when, as a person, I generally make do without that stuff. They really should add a 5th 🅱️ for 🅱️urpose
Why does spending Christmas with my family feel more important than securing my job? Probably cuz it s one of the few times and places where I feel like I 🅱️elong, and I 3(4) other 🅱️'s lol. Is it my fault? Could I have done anything to prevent this? no clue, but in that sense, and granted everyone (most people) feels tends to feel like me, does it give traditions an objective value? now I wanna say yes but that same logic might then conclude religion has objective value beyond what humans give it. I guess objective is always a big word.
But yea basically this is a long way of saying I'm homesick far from home during Christmas time lol big news: 🅱️oy leaves country for job, is homesick.
It's easy to forget the value of things, it's easy to get caught up in life. 🅱️ut then I'll hear a song that my parents played every Christmas, a song (conveniently) about leaving and spending Christmas away from loved ones, and the feelings come back faster than I can handle.
i already know my mom is gonna reply to this post (she s replied to all my posts), and probably trigger a bug that makes it seem like my dad posted the exact same comment as her, hi mom love u <3
I hate that opening the blog makes the music stop... but these are the limits of the website lol thanks PhP
Enrico Macias -
Souviens-toi des Noëls de là-bas
The Midnight - Light Years
The Lumineers -
Sleep On The Floor
