Especially these days where everything is so polite and so proper, I think that rites of passage are good.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To me rites of passage through life, that's a wonderful, beautiful thing.
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.
We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.
Good manners are appreciated as much as bad manners are abhorred.
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
Whatever your religious tradition is, if it's important to you and you don't feel comfortable talking about it, you end up coming across as insincere.
I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment - the good judgment - not to be - not to offend other peoples' faiths.
However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.
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