>>It also matters, and will matter more, because oftentimes people get into such a thing and screw up by the numbers... and at some point down the road I will be one of the people they turn to to pick up the pieces.<<
And see, that is a valid answer to the question, because what matters to you is making sure people are happy, healthy, and safe. Because you aren't a jerque or an idiot and you care about people on the level of their person-ness, not on their ability to be a fish who climbs trees. And sometimes mattering is good... and sometimes it isn't. I just want people to stop and ask themselves *why* it matters to them and if that's a good enough reason to risk upsetting folks by sticking a beak in where it's not wanted.
>>I'm on a track that leads to UU-affiliated seminary.<<
Good for you! Mom and I go to UU services sometimes, as a compromise on our mutual agreement that what faith works for one doesn't for the other, and our mutual desire to have communal faith-based activity with each other. It's nicely low-pressure either way.
>>Time to learn to do it right and make it my day job instead of wrangling these silicon-hearted bastards for enough free time to get out and do my Job...<<
So your occupation and your vocation weren't meshing up, and you've taken steps to correct the gap? Awesome. I like when people try putting vocation in their occupation, instead of trying to force their occupation to become their vocation.
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Date: 2017-11-22 08:14 pm (UTC)Hah, good one!
>>It also matters, and will matter more, because oftentimes people get into such a thing and screw up by the numbers... and at some point down the road I will be one of the people they turn to to pick up the pieces.<<
And see, that is a valid answer to the question, because what matters to you is making sure people are happy, healthy, and safe. Because you aren't a jerque or an idiot and you care about people on the level of their person-ness, not on their ability to be a fish who climbs trees. And sometimes mattering is good... and sometimes it isn't. I just want people to stop and ask themselves *why* it matters to them and if that's a good enough reason to risk upsetting folks by sticking a beak in where it's not wanted.
>>I'm on a track that leads to UU-affiliated seminary.<<
Good for you! Mom and I go to UU services sometimes, as a compromise on our mutual agreement that what faith works for one doesn't for the other, and our mutual desire to have communal faith-based activity with each other. It's nicely low-pressure either way.
>>Time to learn to do it right and make it my day job instead of wrangling these silicon-hearted bastards for enough free time to get out and do my Job...<<
So your occupation and your vocation weren't meshing up, and you've taken steps to correct the gap? Awesome. I like when people try putting vocation in their occupation, instead of trying to force their occupation to become their vocation.