Thoughts...
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chainwomanThis entry is a bunch of personal stuff on Gaia Community. So, if you're not part of GC you probably won't know the people nor am I sure you will get much out of it. This is what I would like to call my conclusion to the Polynesian chapter at Gaia Community. However, it's not about the information or the rituals. It's more personal insight; stuff for myself.
Well, last Sunday was Gaia Community's Summer Solstice, which we did Hawaiian style with a luau. Not only was Sunday the luau, but it was our final Hawaiian ritual for this chapter, this year. So, in a way I'm decision and ritual writing free for the rest of the year when it comes to Gaia Community. This being what I would call my first "real" experience writing, working, etc with Gaia Community as a priestess left me with tons of knowledge. Knowledge on Hawaiian ancient traditions and knowledge on people of Gaia Community. The book knowledge is something all have access to and something I can find readily available if I ever need it again. The people information to me was the most valuable, as I feel the only way to learn this about these people are to work with them in a similar setting. So, I wanted to write down what I learned so that I will have a reference to come back to... The four people I worked closest with are Kitty, Jeff, Nicole, and Eric.
Originally going into this I believed Kitty to be a really nice person. Someone full of inspiration and talent. What I have learned now that I have worked closely with Kitty is that she is a nice person... She is very talented. However, she can be unreliable, especially if you want her some place on time. But I learned there is an exception. If it involves her ritual, she will be on time. Oh yeah, and Kitty does have her ideas and she will continuously try to push her ideas on you.
I did not know Nicole very much before we got together to work on this. Nicole is a very sweet person. She definitely has her hands full, but will try to help as much as she possibly can. The only thing that bugged me about Nicole was her ability to disappear with an excuse after every ritual.
Jeff is the person who I would consider myself closest to out of all the ritual team members. So, I was looking forward to being on a ritual team with Jeff. Jeff is the person who I confided in as to what I really wanted to do for the Pele ritual. He took my ideas and was able to fly with it and help me through the technicalities of the whole thing. I walk away from this whole experience feeling like I owe Jeff, because I know that ritual would not have made it off the ground without him. He was also my calming and reassuring support. I admire Jeff's abilities to work with everyone and never lose his cool. I also love his sense of humor. I only wish I could feel as though I came through for him more on his ritual.
Eric was this guy who occasionally appeared at ritual. I did not know too much about him. After working a little bit with him I feel as though I am never on the same page as him. I often found myself assuming he understood what I was talking about and then he would ask a question that made me realize he was in a completely different chapter. I can't say I trust him either. As something I confided in him about made it back to the person who the comment was made about. Not that I close the door and talk about people. If you can't tell by this entry I don't. It's just somebody else was suppose to talk to this person about the problem, not him.
Overall, I have not decided if I'm going to stick with being a priestess for Gaia Community or not. There is some hesitancy and I still have a few things to think about. So, there are my thoughts. Permanent and written down.
Well, last Sunday was Gaia Community's Summer Solstice, which we did Hawaiian style with a luau. Not only was Sunday the luau, but it was our final Hawaiian ritual for this chapter, this year. So, in a way I'm decision and ritual writing free for the rest of the year when it comes to Gaia Community. This being what I would call my first "real" experience writing, working, etc with Gaia Community as a priestess left me with tons of knowledge. Knowledge on Hawaiian ancient traditions and knowledge on people of Gaia Community. The book knowledge is something all have access to and something I can find readily available if I ever need it again. The people information to me was the most valuable, as I feel the only way to learn this about these people are to work with them in a similar setting. So, I wanted to write down what I learned so that I will have a reference to come back to... The four people I worked closest with are Kitty, Jeff, Nicole, and Eric.
Originally going into this I believed Kitty to be a really nice person. Someone full of inspiration and talent. What I have learned now that I have worked closely with Kitty is that she is a nice person... She is very talented. However, she can be unreliable, especially if you want her some place on time. But I learned there is an exception. If it involves her ritual, she will be on time. Oh yeah, and Kitty does have her ideas and she will continuously try to push her ideas on you.
I did not know Nicole very much before we got together to work on this. Nicole is a very sweet person. She definitely has her hands full, but will try to help as much as she possibly can. The only thing that bugged me about Nicole was her ability to disappear with an excuse after every ritual.
Jeff is the person who I would consider myself closest to out of all the ritual team members. So, I was looking forward to being on a ritual team with Jeff. Jeff is the person who I confided in as to what I really wanted to do for the Pele ritual. He took my ideas and was able to fly with it and help me through the technicalities of the whole thing. I walk away from this whole experience feeling like I owe Jeff, because I know that ritual would not have made it off the ground without him. He was also my calming and reassuring support. I admire Jeff's abilities to work with everyone and never lose his cool. I also love his sense of humor. I only wish I could feel as though I came through for him more on his ritual.
Eric was this guy who occasionally appeared at ritual. I did not know too much about him. After working a little bit with him I feel as though I am never on the same page as him. I often found myself assuming he understood what I was talking about and then he would ask a question that made me realize he was in a completely different chapter. I can't say I trust him either. As something I confided in him about made it back to the person who the comment was made about. Not that I close the door and talk about people. If you can't tell by this entry I don't. It's just somebody else was suppose to talk to this person about the problem, not him.
Overall, I have not decided if I'm going to stick with being a priestess for Gaia Community or not. There is some hesitancy and I still have a few things to think about. So, there are my thoughts. Permanent and written down.
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