Ranting

So here is the thing. Pastors are people too. Now to most of you this will come as no surprise. It certainly comes as no surprise to me. But today that was really evident. I had not one, not two, but three conversations with pastors that are so ungrounded. Three!!! Three pastors who live in chaos. Create drama when there is none. And can't seem to breathe long enough to recognize where they have ended up. Seriously, I was so exhausted by 1:00 I just had to come home.

Now here is the thing, I don't profess to be the epitome of centeredness. I recognize that there are times in my life, everyday, that I am far from grounded. But what I don't think I do is live in a constant state of crisis. But the three people I spoke with today I don't know that they know what it is like not to live in crisis. Not because they are prone to anymore crisis like events than the next person. But instead everything is a crisis. And I think in many instances they look for it. They can't operate unless they are at security level orange at least. And they can't help but think anything that is done is intended to be a personal affront.
I mean I'm trying not to judge nor set myself up as some ideal. But come on people!!! (1) Grow up everything is not all about you. (2) Breathe, breathe, breathe! The world probably is not as difficult as you are making it. Difficult yes, but not nearly as difficult as you think it is.

Richard Rohr in his book Everything Belongs talks about not trying to push the river. I think many folks live there whole lives trying to push the river. Instead of flowing with it.

That's my rant for today. Don't try to push the river.