Hard Things

[ysabetwordsmith]

Life is full of things which are hard or tedious or otherwise unpleasant that need doing anyhow. They help make the world go 'round, they improve skills, and they boost your sense of self-respect. But doing them still kinda sucks. It's all the more difficult to do those things when nobody appreciates it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our accomplishments and pat each other on the back.

What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?

Comments

Re: Applications and recommendations IN!

[acelightning73]

I hope you go into more detail about this in your DW. I'd like to know more about this. This is possibly something that will help Wiccans and Pagans establish our bona fides as legitimate clergy.

Re: Applications and recommendations IN!

[librarygeek]

I hadn't thought about that, thank you. Ok, I'll start writing up a post!

I was amused today that a book I was checking on someone else, "Three Mystics Walk Into a Tavern", has Starhawk mentioned in the Women and the Feminine chapter, speaking on not power *over*, but power from *within* as "the power that does not depend on depriving someone else".

Re: Applications and recommendations IN!

[acelightning73]

That's a big distinction Starhawk makes, the difference between power OVER (as a parent usually has some power of their child) and power TO (the power to make our own choices, the power of magic, the ABILITY TO MAKE CHANGES ACCORDING TO WILL.)