I was watching a clip of a Mayan elder talking about his work. His name is Hunbatz Men and he's a Day Keeper which means it is his purpose to learn, and pass down, the traditional Mayan teachings. He did not attend public schools as a child nor did he grow up as a part of a church or political group. These things, he said, teach things very different from the traditional Mayan ways. Instead he learned "how to talk to the wind" and he wondered why major universities fail to teach such important things!
It moved me when he talked about his work, "my beautiful work with Father Sun and Mother Earth". He asked that we pray for humanity to "weaken ill purposes and to plants seeds of good in all living beings". It reminded me that it is the work that I love, the connection to Spirit and the sharing with others that is at the true center of why I do what I do. This is my beautiful work.
If you're searching for your own beautiful work, perhaps you should ask the wind!
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