A burning ritual

Sometimes you need to leave parts of yourself behind to go deeper into who you are becoming.

The burning ritual is a simple, potent act of shedding.

Write down what must be released. All that no longer belongs. Habits. Expectations. Old titles. Roles. Versions of self that once served a purpose but are now standing in the way. Stories inherited or imposed. Voices that have lived too long in the mind.

Then burn them.

Let the flame consume what has been carried for too long. Let the smoke rise, signalling an unseen shift. Let the ash fall, making way for something new to form.

Burning is a reclamation of who you are becoming.

Because before anything new can emerge, the space must be cleared.

Sometimes, the shift needs to be named aloud. Let others know that something happened and you are changed forever. A turning point. A private reckoning. A decision so deep it rearranged everything.

There’s no need to justify it.
But it must be honoured.

Write it down. Burn it.
Watch what rises in its place.