I’m having serious difficulties on how to be a polytheist with disabilities, how to make offerings and include the gods in my daily life with my disabilities and problems.
I don’t do much of anything lately after a relapse and even in my best moments I have a hard time with everything.
The only thing I do is e-shrines.
I don’t have many ideas or know what to do about it. It’s an important part of my life but I feel like I’m ignoring it because of lack of options.A low-spoons activity for one person may be more difficult for another depending on their disability and circumstances, but here are some things that I’ve done and seen others suggest:
- Offer water. As awesome as alcohol can be, water
is still symbolic and necessary for life and all that.- Listen to
devotional music, or just music you associate with your gods.- Research mythology or subjects associated with particular gods
- Watch/read/play media featuring your gods, if it exists. Or just media with themes they’d appreciate.
- Set an image related to your gods or faith as your phone or desktop background so you’re reminded whenever you look at it.
- Consider
dedicating a daily task you need to do anyway to a god, particularly something that you find
difficult to accomplish or something that helps you change your life for
the better: workouts, homework, cleaning, etc.Taking your medication could work too, if that applies.- Live by your gods’ values in everyday life.
- Use apps like Stance, Resistbot, and 5calls to speak out about issues important to your beliefs with minimal effort and no human interaction required
- Pray. It doesn’t have to
be anything elaborate, or recited out loud. Even a quick prayer while
doing something else will let the gods know they’re in your thoughts. If it helps, find or write prayers on a good day and just read them back on days that aren’t so good.
