Ceremony

· Thought Catalog Books · Narrated by Brianna Wiest
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1 hr 42 min
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"Other people are not meant to love us in the exact way we think they should; they are meant to set up a healing ceremony at which we learn to love ourselves." Ceremony is a collection for those on the cusp of becoming. It is a reminder that we were not meant to fit into this world perfectly, but to live in such a way that might forge a path all our own. It is a reminder that we are one with each other and nature itself. It is a reminder that we contain within us the latent potential of every future possibility we can conceive of. It is a reminder that we often must release what is not ours in order to receive what is, that we are all born with a unique imprint to leave upon the world, and that self-love is not an infatuation, but a homecoming. Ceremony is a book written around the idea that the most unlikely moments are often the very ones offering us a chance to meet ourselves more deeply; it is a book for the ones who are ready to stop waiting and wondering, and dive all the way into who they were meant to be.

"Other people are not meant to love us in the exact way we think they should; they are meant to set up a healing ceremony at which we learn to love ourselves." Ceremony is a collection for those on the cusp of becoming. It is a reminder that we were not meant to fit into this world perfectly, but...

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2 reviews
Lolo Peh
May 31, 2026
my third time re-reading each time I learn something new and each time I wept, at the gym, in the car, walking at the park, while scooting at the park, I wept.
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