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Wade Davis has the coolest job title–and job–ever: Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic. He just gave a talk here at the LOHAS conference about all the many indigenous cultures he has studied, lived with, and loves. He talked of their spiritual connections and obligations, their relationships with plant medicine, and more–without treacly romanticizing. And I paraphrase: “Shirley MacLaine has given us the idea that shamans are these nice men with bells and feathers, but I’ve never bet a shaman who wasn’t a little bit of a psycho. Which is necessary because it’s his job to, as Joesph Campbell said, ‘navigate the waters most of us would drown in.’”
He also told the story of a woman in South America asking him for a cigarette and how she immediately disassembled it and went hut-to-hut with the pieces, equally distributing each bit of tobacco because her social “obligation to share.”
Sad, moving, inspiring, tear-inducing, and literally chill-giving, he got a long standing ovation. I wish I could show you the talk he gave today, but in lieu, here is Wade Davis’ TED talk, which I’m told is also pretty freaking inspiring.
posted June 22, 2009 at 9:10 am
We should always learn to love the job we have,no matter how easy or
hard it is,no matter how much or less we make out of it we’ve got to give the best we got,not only with the job itself but by taking the opportunity to be with other people,sharing the joys and happiness of life.I have a nice job and everyday i do my best in that job and i
laugh out loud too with the people i work with,everyday i make sure
that i have a good time with them,in peace with them for i am aware
that each moment is an opportunity to share,we may never pass that way
again.By doing the best we can at work and with other people,we are
giving honor to God who is the source of all things,we are God’s workmanship in carrying out his plan and purpose to this world we live in.