Walking the path of a shamanic apprentice?

It was 2023 when I was in the Andes of Peru, when I truly perceived the call of the Great Mother, our Earth. Today I feel I’ve been hearing this call all my life—even as a child—but I just didn’t pay attention. I was distracted, busy with other things, and truly too caught up in my mind to even slow down and listen to the whispers of nature.