Today's Facebook Daily Question

Ok, do I thought this was a good questions and decided that it would make a good blog post also so here it is....


Daily Question: For some strange reason, there are people out there who feel they have to have a problem with what we believe to be true. How do you decide who knows truly who you are and who does not?

For me, other than in my work, keeping my belief system secret is not really an option. As I work to open my store, advertise my online store and move forward in my life, people are going to figure it out if I don't tell them anyway. At my work, one of the nice thing about being back at Muckleshoot, working for a tribe, their beliefs, though many are Catholic, are similar to mine anyway... Being Native American, the beliefs center around the earth and such anyway and my belief system as a druid is not so far off. They even do circle and smudging every morning with the elementary school. It's like coming home there.

When I first came “out of the broom closet”, I of course told my mom first as she lives with me. She is supportive, always has been and wants me to be happy. She see’s a calmness in me that was not there before (and kind of disappeared over the past few months, hee hee). I told the rest of my family about 2 years ago when I was looking at buying Mystic Wonders (which I now live directly behind). Figured it would be easier to tell them then have them figure it out when they came to see my store. Lol… I a very lucky as they are all supportive and understanding. My children always  knew to an extent and are supportive now. In fact, my son is following in my footsteps so to speak as he explores his own gifts.

So, who knows about me? Anyone who pays attention I would say. And for the most part, I have not run into any problems with it…

Though I will add, in looking for work as a teacher, I have had to keep my two lives completely separate as school districts now “google”  you before they ever call you for an interview. Finding references to my belief systems and my store did make it so that I did not ever get any calls for jobs… once I was able to complete separate the two, I was able to go back to work as a sub and eventually get interviews again. How wrong is that? 

I will post other answers to the question here as they come in. This question was posted in four places... Life's Mystical Journey Facebook Group... The SWWPA Facebook Group, My google+ and the forums.