Earlier this week I received this message
The initial words the guides provided were “Don’t overlook the importance of working folk, the people who get dirty for a living. These people are the muscle behind what gets done and we praise their hard work. Without this strength and charisma, your world would be very different. You need to understand this so you don’t lose it.”
When I heard this I smiled. Blue collar hands-on jobs were always fun for me. You knew the people around you and could feel into their lives, there were no secrets. You knew when someone needed support and it was offered wholeheartedly. Material things rarely meant much but everything else did.
In recent years without the same capacity in manufacturing, I re-trained and shifted gears leading to a completely different dimension of work. I missed the big booming personalities on the shop floor of which I was one.
The guides continued, showing me people waiting for buses, carrying their lunch, and sitting peacefully looking forward to the day ahead. They showed me a very independent group who had the strength and ferocity to live without complaint. These people know who they are, what they stand for when to bust a friend’s balls, and when to stand down.
The guides played “their” music for me and I watched them hum and whistle through their day. It made me glad to be reading the field and seeing the grace here, something I know very well.
The guides went on, showing me the grounded nature of this group and the superpower(s) they are.
This message wasn’t about dividing (one group or another) but quite the opposite. They showed me the magic within us that is sometimes forgotten or set to the side.
They were not finished.
And said, “You are living more and more outside yourselves letting distraction become the hallmark of your lives. This troubles us. But, we see an anchor for the community you will build and it’s the superpower we’ve just discussed. Those who whistle and hum will play a role. And through a joke and a smile, you’ll all connect bringing forward an unvarnished yet pristine honesty. You will find strength, you have yet to know.”
“Don’t be afraid to explore as this will bring greatness. This greatness will involve every one of you.”
TK
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