[Magdalen] Down-hearted

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/17/2015 4:11:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
houstonklr at gmail.com writes:

themselves what they will actually DO once they get there... and  there's 
no 
predicting that, sad to  say.>>>>>
 
I'm reminded of a line from a play I saw years ago:  "There is  no
(clergy) mister/sister wonderful".
 
No one can quite live up to our expectations, especially in a situation 
where the last incumbent was a big disappointment.  I've had the
feeling a number of times that we (my parish at the time) disserve 
a good new clergy fit, and the reality is that it rarely happens.  I  guess
we need to set our sights lower, at least the measuring up to our
high personal hopes.
 
I have really had a difficult time enduring some of the clergy I have
known, but if I had it to do all over again, I would react just  the
opposite from what I did with negativity and unhappiness and instead
make it a point to be positive and on a personal level treat  difficult
clergy with friendliness , even to the point of "killing them with  
kindness."
 
 
 
 
David S.