Your Life

Element IV: The Human Being

Your life is unique and in the primary care of a single craftsperson. You are that craftsperson. Your life is a work in progress. It is always changing and evolving. Sometimes the progress is rapid and distinct. Other times, it is slow and imperceptible to you while to others, the changes may be dramatic.

To shape your life into "a masterpiece" - "a work of art", requires skill and the careful application of the tools of life. To become a master craftsperson is gained only through experience. You must act. This is the practice of LIFECRAFT.

During your apprenticeship you will apply yourself to the study and the understanding of life as craft. You must learn the characteristics of the "human being" - the raw material of LIFECRAFT - just as the potter studies clay, or the physician human anatomy. Like other natural substances, the "human being" is organic. It is not a perfect uniform substance like gleaming sheetmetal.

Each one therefore, is as unique as the trees of a forest. Like trees, Human Beings are both very strong yet very fragile beings. Therein lies the beauty, and the wonder. They must be handled with great care, or they will break.

You must also dedicate yourself to perfecting the skills necessary to use the tools of the LIFECRAFT practitioner. Tools are very powerful instruments. When used in the hands of a trained Journeyman or Journeywoman, they can produce superior results. But if used carelessly or by the untrained, they can cause great and irreparable damage to the "human being".

The principals of practicing life as a craft are as well defined as any other endeavor to which human beings apply themselves. In this section, you are being introduced to the principals surrounding the care and development of the human being and resources such as other teachers who have spent their lives studying this unique "work of art".

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