It’s not that I am unhappy about something so much as frustrated. The reason I have decided to write this is because I have found it is not only me, it’s common to many mediums, psychics and readers and someone needs to say something.
Mediums are people and we do a job. Mediumship is like learning another language but trying to teach someone else at the same time. Interpretation can sometimes be an issue. We aren’t in your life-space or your reality so sometimes we don’t know where the message should be placed. So when we get it wrong can I ask you oh so very nicely not to beat us up! Usually when a medium gets their working wings it’s because they have enough referrals – word of mouth says “She/He is ok” and it goes from there. Like any business it’s by reputation. I personally don’t ask for public feedback , if it comes it comes and if it doesn’t it doesn’t. Readings are private. Your Doctor or your Lawyer doesn’t post on his or her facebook page “Oooooh Mitzi Smith has a sore throat and I cured it!”
Many mediums, me included will open their facebook pages for interaction. I have never met a medium who doesn’t get a substantial amount of inbox messages expecting a freebie reading. I give them when I can but only if it’s just a question but when you ask me for a full free reading I often wonder – Do you shoplift as well? This is our time and for many of us we do what we do as a full time or part time job. Me personally it just happened and I actually had a spook come to me and tell me I should be doing it. Reading that is. When I am doing a full reading for someone the entire process is over two hours.
What I do wonder is – why are we then abused, unliked and berated for not giving freebies! To do a reading it takes more than one person for me. I need my spooks, Arty, P and sometimes Matt. I might not have my spooky head on, I might not want to answer a question if I feel it will do damage and I NEVER answer questions about other people when they are not asked by that person; for example; is my boyfriend cheating on me! I am happy to answer questions for concerned parents and the like though. If you ask me if you are going to marry the man you are with; what happens if the answer is no! Are you going to go home and dump him? Are you going to be miserable because you are going to wait for him to drop you? What would you DO with that information? I don’t want to be responsible for that. Similarly if the answer is yes; what happens if your guy or girl isn’t there yet and thinking of marriage and you ruin the relationship by TELLING them something they don’t feel yet and they feel pressured?
The other issue is we all do freebie question time. For me I make sure I have Arty and P around and its rapid fire. One question – short answer. Usually I will get 30 or 40 questions and try and plough through them. I love giving people good things or steering them in the right direction – that’s what spook is for, guidance and love. Help and support. Yesterday I missed a few as I was busy, getting ready for Darwin, Bali and a weekend away not necessarily in that order. I also have a life and went for drinks with friends. I was abused for missing some free questions! What the heckers? Reverends and Vicars receive a salary for the work they do and yet somehow there is a perception that mediums are b*tches or b*stards if they don’t work for nothing! it's weird as there is no other profession in the world that I know of where the practitioners are expected to work for nothing. Please if you disagree comment on my facebook page.
So all of that said and done; do you go to a Doctor, a Therapist or a Lawyer and take their advice and then refuse to pay? Do you complain that they didn’t give their service for free? The notion that mediums should do what they do because they are simply good people is wrong! We ARE good people and many of us do a large volume of work for free that isn’t publicised. Many of us have other work or other jobs or families that we have to attend to.
All I am saying is be kind to us and it is more likely we will be kind to you. Probably not good PR having a vent but it certainly shows a motza of self respect on my part and unbending support for my colleagues out there!
In the words of some sporting guy; "I love youze all.." I do - so don't be mean!
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