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| My desk, set up for morning Bible Study |
Have you seen them, too?
In the last few months, I’ve been seeing lots of advertisements for coffee, coffee-related and coffee-replacement products. An increasing reference to coffee rituals. I’m pretty news-nosy, and had never heard of coffee rituals until these ads began showing up in my YouTube feeds.
I was a little offended by them. I felt like they were insinuating coffee routines are actually rituals.
I don’t know anyone that loves coffee more than me but, much as I love it, much as it’s my fav go-to beverage, one of the things I look most forward to throughout my day, especially in the mornings and any time I’m working at my desk... But, ritual? I wasn’t hip on the reference. I even found it offensive.
I felt it defined my love and interaction with coffee as a religious experience, or worse. That I had some sort of spiritual relationship with it and never have.
I have a relationship with Yeshua, the creator of both me, and my coffee and it truly ranks as one of my most favorite blessings!
And with my position on the topic defended, I found myself to be in modern error.
Coffee rituals?
Yup.. they exist. Also, I seem to have been unknowingly engaging in them for several decades. Turns out, it goes way beyond coffee. There are loads of other things I’ve ritualized and chances are, you’ve been doing right along with me.
Examples
- Making coffee is the first chore of my day
- I pour it into a specific cup (at least at home)
- I stir it with the same (bamboo) spoon
- Each serving is heated to nearly exactly the same temperature
- The cup is placed in on a specific coaster, when on my desk
- Prior to my current cup/mug, I’d been using the same coffee cup, in the exact same way, for the last three years
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| Image via ASPhillips |
Above is my new cup (see arrow) a Christmas gift from Ray and Tori (my nephew and niece-in-love. It’s glazed ceramic, in my fav colors, with writing from one of my most loved series (Lord of the Rings) scripted in Elvish, no less, around the top.
It goes well with my mouse, my matching desk-mat (of Middle Earth) and my daily tea light, illuminating the map in my vintage Nescafe mug, reminding me that Yeshua is the light of the world and to be thankful for His great grace and love in my life and around the world.
Yup. My second chore of the day is thanking Him for coffee, and sugar-free, flavored creamer!
Tip of the iceberg
When making the list, I realized I could write another few pages on the regular rituals I’ve been incorporating into my daily schedule, and don’t fret. I’m not gonna bore you with ‘em.
My cousin Melanie (an interesting and uber-talented soon-to-be blogger) and I were discussing stuff like what I’ve listed above as being slightly obsessive-compulsive. She might be right. She’s a retired nurse and highly familiar with such things. But, in my defense that it’s not OCD, but habit (and now maybe ritual), the same way every time thing was taught and reinforced by my great-gramma, who had a huge influence on my raising.
Back then, ADHD wasn’t a diagnosis. It was more like an annoyance for the person affected by it, those who spent a lot of time with them and especially their teachers.
Had it not been for her reinforcing the rule to find a spot for my things and put them back where I got them, I’d have lost everything I owned within a few minutes after I finished using it. I wasn’t perfect at it, but once established, I maintained those habits into adulthood and practice them now. It’s how I keep chaos at a minimum.
I gotta ask...
How about you? If you’ve got some rituals I’d sincerely love for you to share them in the comments below! I don’t wanna be the only one on the ritual boat and lots of the things that lots of folks do (at least of this sort) can be pretty interesting, so hoping you’ll indulge me!
The wrap!
I’m always thankful for your company in this blogging journey! I also want to thank all of you who’ve helped me stay motivated to post once weekly, even through some health challenges. I’m thankful to say I’ve been able to maintain the weekly publishing schedule for a few months now.
In the doing, my readership went from 20-something, per edition, to being amazed with December 2025 amassing nearly 1K views! It’s climbed to that only a few months with minimal advertising.
I’m excited about blogging again, and have works by some wonderful folks and other topics to share with you in the upcoming weeks.
I pray for the good Lord’s blessings of good health, happiness and prosperity to overtake you in the coming year.
‘Til next time,
Shalom, shalom!
Angelia
