My extended family still gets together for every holiday but half of us don't talk to each other the rest of the year and there's all this surface-level politeness covering years of unresolved hurt and I keep wondering if we're doing this for the right reasons or just out of obligation.
More people experience this than they realize.
Ritual can become a substitute for relationship when the cost of honesty feels too high.
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.