Why sit with dying people?
September 30th, 2006I need to do something rewarding, something fulfilling, something that will make the world a better place. I also need to be able to do it at weird hours. No, amazingly enough, being a bank teller just doesn’t fulfill me spiritually. I spend at least 40 hours a week counting money and selling bank products. It’s an ok job and it has benefits I need, but it doesn’t nurture my soul. Learning about death and dying and being there for some pour sould who whould otherwise pass on alone sound like it’s a hellishly hard thing, and yet remarkably satisfying. I know I’ll learn a lit, which is intrisically good for me, but will also be good for my religious community.
Wiccan ministers don’t get a lot of oportunities that the “mainstream” has for ministerial training. Between this and the CPE I hope to take one day I HOPE I’ll be able to offer better ministerial asiistance to those folks who need it.
Some people don’t see that point of a “professional” Wiccan clergy, but being a minister isn’t something you wake up and have the ability to do one morning. It takes a long time and effort to learn all of the things that might be expected of you. It *is* a lot of fun though…
