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As a child there were days in school when I didn’t open my mouth. Now I am teaching children and I love it. I don’t mind teaching adults or read in an overcrowded church. For many people there is a point when the change comes. Mine was during teacher training when my group was planning next days activities at an excursion and I got fed up with all the nonsense talking. I heard a “Bang!”, then felt the pain and realised that it was I who had banged my hand on the table and said loudly “Cut the crap and get back to business!” or something like it. I noticed everyone staring at me as if it was something they thought I would never do. Neither did I and my hand hurt for an hour.
I am very much an introvert and relax alone at home and recharge my batteries best by myself. When I come home from work or meet family and friends I get very tired by the level of noise and need some hours by myself before I fall asleep. Several have asked me if I don’t feel lonely and I don’t. There is a difference in being alone and feeling lonely that many people mix up with one another and believe are the same. A lot of people would think I am an extrovert as I do a lot of talking in public but that has nothing to do with it. I still prefer one-on-one conversations where I can give the person all my attention than meeting 2 or more people at the same time.
We need priests who pray and celebrate Mass, visit the sick and lonely, hear confessions and listen to people´s problems, prepare people so that they can receive the sacraments, write books and do research and many, many other things. Not all priests are good at or interested in speaking to larger groups during, for example, homilies or teaching but that is what a lot of people would think is the reason why someone becomes a priest and also believe that that is the most important task a priest does during the week.
I am very much an introvert and relax alone at home and recharge my batteries best by myself. When I come home from work or meet family and friends I get very tired by the level of noise and need some hours by myself before I fall asleep. Several have asked me if I don’t feel lonely and I don’t. There is a difference in being alone and feeling lonely that many people mix up with one another and believe are the same. A lot of people would think I am an extrovert as I do a lot of talking in public but that has nothing to do with it. I still prefer one-on-one conversations where I can give the person all my attention than meeting 2 or more people at the same time.
We need priests who pray and celebrate Mass, visit the sick and lonely, hear confessions and listen to people´s problems, prepare people so that they can receive the sacraments, write books and do research and many, many other things. Not all priests are good at or interested in speaking to larger groups during, for example, homilies or teaching but that is what a lot of people would think is the reason why someone becomes a priest and also believe that that is the most important task a priest does during the week.