There is a beautiful alignment of neurons in the nervous system when a person works with their hands in a connected way to a material such as wood and clay. You can see this play out when the potter crafts a pot on the wheel, the woodworker carves a new bowl or when baker kneads a loaf. It’s a connectedness that is born from loving what you do.
It holds the ability to be fed from it and serve it simultaneously. It’s an ancient thing indeed and crafting with hand and tool is a defining ability and part of what makes us human. This connected work can be seen in the nervous system and how it responds, lowering the amount of stress neurotransmitters such as cortisol and upping the amount of happy brain chemicals such as dopamine.
To find your purpose in such a way and then to be paid for it too, well that might just be the pinnacle of personal and cultural endeavour. It may mean that your body and mind are connected to the activity of your work.