Following Your Path At Work

[ShadowWeaver]

I was also in retail as my last bit of gainful employment. I kept a malachite stone in the sole register. When co-workers would ask, I told them, "It's green. Maybe it will attract some money to our drawer." They thought I was funny, but no one was upset by it.

At the end of the night, as I was cleaning up, I'd "clean up" the energy from the day and think happy thoughts to refill it with good vibes so we could start fresh the next day.

Oddly enough, as soon as I stopped doing these things, I lost that job. I'm not saying that those things kept my employment secure. I think that when I stopped seeing that employment as something sacred (meeting tons of new people and helping them acquire something they want or need is definitely sacred in my book), it was time for the job and me to part ways.

[Whitemane]

I am finding some things easier at work.

I leave the house just after 6:00 am and I'm lucky to get home by 5:00 pm. After meeting my domestic obligations, I have very little time to myself.

Even in my temporary accommodations, I can listen to Gwersi (I listen to each CD every morning for a week), and catch up on Druidcast without being interrupted.

Apart from the pile of pale blue cardboard CD sleeves there is nothing obviously Druid in my workspace, but once I am repatriated to my actual office with a real closing door, I will set up a small sacred space.

[Skogsvandrare]

I am an upper secondary teacher. Here in Sweden one does not talk about religion (http://satwcomic.com/the-easy-way), so no one cares unless you force it on them. And being a Migrant Education Worker (i.e. not permanent staff) I definitely do not want to be known as the wierd one.

But I teach, and I try to make sure that I teach ecology and "whole earth thinking" (this is even in the curriculum, so I'm supposed to do that *anyway*. When given a chance I also try to teach them to *think*, not just think. But that is *also* pretty much part of what I'm supposed to be doing anyway.

[Crinia]

I am the luckiest person in the world I have two great part time jobs.

At one I pick flowers and listen to Druidcast, music and gwers lessons. At the other I work with animals as a farm hand. Mucking out sheds is a great time to meditate and hugging animals is a great time to soak up love a give some back in return. One thing about working with animals you have to be true to yourself - they can sense fake immediately.

Off to work in the morning - I can't believe they pay me to enjoy myself!

Crinia

[Aphritha]

Those do sound like fine jobs! What great opportunities!