(Nimue)
What we grow up with tends to seem normal to us. What our families do, what our communities do, is normal. If there's something wrong in that, then the job of learning differently isn't easy. If you grow up with abuse, then not having that colour your expectations is hard. Equally if you grow up with racism – either as something normalised or something you were subjected to, seeing beyond that to better options takes time, and most likely, some support. This can take many other forms, too.
Changing your reality is sometimes necessary for healing, and for functioning more effectively. This is a hard thing to do alone. You weren't the only person involved in building that previous version of normality. It helps, therefore, if you can talk to other people about it. Building a new sense of 'normal' is easier if you aren't doing it alone.
This is why many new Pagans find it so helpful to connect with other Pagans. If you've left a religions, you've also left a community and a world view, so there's a lot to rethink. If you didn't come to Paganism from a spiritual background, then just building a sense of how spirituality can be part of life is a bit of a process. If you're escaping from the consumption and relentlessly destructive nature of capitalism, it helps if other people are around to show you what's possible, and to help you build new values.
We are co-creators of reality. When we meet as communities, we build shared stories about what's good, valuable, normal. We can build each other better and kinder stories w3hen we work on this deliberately.
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