In the old Celtic pagan calendar, Samhain (or Halloween) marked the end of the year. So, in a sense, it's already 2009. (Yikes.) So my thoughts tonight are on the new year and a dilemma that's tickling at the back of my mind.
I'm still in the broom closet at work. I work with a lot of very good people, don't get me wrong, but many of them are also very devout Christians...and some of them are of the evangelical persuasion. And there's the rub. I respect their beliefs, and their right to have those beliefs, but I can't guarantee that mine will receive the same respect.
I don't talk about religion at work, which is fine for the most part, but sometimes it strikes me that I should be free to wear my pentacle, as a symbol of a faith that, while private, is not something I'm ashamed of. (I often wear a Mother Goddess pendant, which doesn't get so much as a hairy eyeball...but then, in my experience, people don't initially associate the Mother Goddess with paganism. I'm not sure why. :))
So with the turn of the wheel, I'm starting to ask myself if it's time to take a step out of the broom closet. Wearing the pentacle openly is more than it seems---it's also a step into fully acknowledging my beliefs and being prepared to defend them.
Do I want to open that can of worms at work? I'm not sure.
Stay tuned for further details :)
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- Krista
- Wife, mom of a preemie, follower of the old ways, lover of anything Irish or Celtic, history buff, trivia nut, Star Trek and Ren Faire geek and costuming fiend. Offer me coffee or chocolate and world peace is assured. Or at least I'll try really hard. :) I also believe in deleting spam. So, to the person or persons who keep leaving me comments in Chinese (along with links to what I can clearly tell are Chinese porn sites) stop it. It's bad karma, to say nothing of being really, really rude.
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