Hello! Nice to meet you, how do you do, and merry meet as some prefer to say. There are so many ways to greet a friend, old or new. It almost makes it seem like we are creatures that want to be social. Like it\’s in our genes to connect with one another. In the early days when natural selection ruled, people who tried to go it alone usually didn\’t fare too well. The world can be a harsh and scary place and, despite our evolutionary benefits, we aren\’t exactly nature\’s apex predators, at least not by yourself, alone in the dark.
We aren\’t built to be isolated. We are social creatures. When we keep to ourselves for too long, we get lonely. If you\’re into energy (which if you\’ve found this blog, I\’m assuming you are) you\’ve probably noticed being lonely makes your energy suck. Being alone can be a solemn, discouraging feeling that leaves you drained. We don\’t always have to like each other, and sometimes we need to be alone for awhile to destress or get ourselves centered. But in general, we need to connect.
In the past, it was no problem. We had to rely on each other for everything. We had to meetup and work together as communities or we wouldn\’t make it. Unfortunately, as society advanced, and technology focused more on comfort then survival, we adapted. The need for privacy and seclusion became a higher priority than working together. When we could work from home, shop from home, and be entertained from home, we had less and less reason to go be around people. After all, alot of people suck. When Social Anxiety makes it painful to be face to face with people, and everything past your front door starts looking like a horror movie, it\’s easy to stop going out. Even when we do, sometimes we do our best to fake our way through social interactions. We may be present, but our hearts, minds, and souls aren\’t engaged. We\’ve distanced ourselves and now everything is cold and lonely.
If any of that resonates with you, I\’ve got good news! I\’m your new friend DadWitch and you\’re not alone anymore! You\’re family now and you\’re always welcome at the table!
This blog is about surviving a modern world as a practicing witch. As I live in the US MidWest, I have a certain warm, protective nature that may not always be well articulated and may at times come across gruff or harsh, but know that it\’s never meant that way. Where I come from we take care of each other, whatever that may look like. I\’ll share with you what I\’ve learned in my 30 years of witchcraft and also my 12 years of being a father, husband, provider. Paganism and the occult are becoming more widely accepted but it\’s still something some people aren\’t free to be open about. I will also be sharing my experiences with that and the lessons I\’ve learned. I hope you find this place cozy, the spread appetizing, and the company like old friends. If you have questions or things you want me to talk about, you always have my ear.