My cousin and I are the only ones in our extended family who still practice the traditions our grandparents brought from the old country and we feel this enormous pressure to keep something alive that most of our relatives have moved away from. We're exhausted by being the keepers of memory but terrified of letting it die.
More people experience this than they realize.
The weight of ancestral inheritance can become a burden that isolates the very people trying to honor what came before.
“Where Are You with Spiritual practice without community?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.