"In all their myriad social contexts, human meanings continue to reside in the same perennial and universal interests and verities—the natural world (earth, water, weather, stone, wood, fire, other animals), everyday artifacts (shelter, clothing, utensils), and subjects treated immemorially by human rituals, among them birth, death, attachment, desire, loss, change, hope, helplessness, the mysterious and unknown, memory, gratitude, awe. To seek, find, and celebrate meaning in these vital subjects is not simply or only cultural programming or wishful thinking. Although our specific formulations of these meanings may be socially constructed, the human importance of acknowledging the concerns remains real and unchanging."