Traditions!

spoilered for use of the word "m*ther" (* = o)
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I was musing about traditions this morning. I was thinking how jello posts were a tradition at asd for awhile. I was thinking about how some traditions enrich my life and others are a burden. Some don't have any reason to continue, and it's always fun to make up new ones.

I remember reading about a women who always cut the end off her pot roast. When asked why, she said, "My Mom always did it." When her Mom was asked, she said, "I cut off the end of the pot roast because I had a small pan. To fit the roast in the pan, I cut off the end." So the daughter carried on a useless tradition just because her mother did it that way, even though she had a pan big enough to fit the whole roast.

Another similar story I heard was about not laying hats on the bed. The reason is because a century ago a lot of people had lice, and hats would carry the lice to a bed if it were laid on it. It's not a tradition that needs continuing, unless of course, you have lice. Then don't lay your hat on my bed.

Traditions can be harmful if they add burdens to my life. However, most of the time traditions add a certain amount of familiarity and continuity.

I pick and choose my own traditions. I throw out the ones that don't fit for me. I keep the ones that enrich my life. For instance, I have the tradition of using spoiler's and splats now. That's something I'd never heard of a couple of years ago. However, this tradition makes it a lot nicer to come to asd and read the posts. So even though this topic is not particularly triggering, I decided to spoiler it for the word mother, only because I remember someone saying once that "mother" triggered them. I don't think it needs to be a rule, and I certainly don't mind when others don't spoiler the word "mother". This is my tradition now. It fits for me because when I know something that hurts someone, then I try not to do it anymore.

Hmmmmm....I guess that's all I was thinking about traditions for now. However, I think it's time to make up a new tradition. Let's see, I think I'll make up one for tomorrow.

*grin*