Pastors don’t make lots of money, or at least most don’t. (My monthly income is $2326, after taxes.) You don’t get weekends off. You often work unexpected hours, like Monday night when I sat in the emergency room with a parishioner. But one benefit you have is the flexibility of your schedule. You can easily leave work to see the doctor or have the car fixed. And if you need a mental health day off, you can take one. I took one Wednesday. I was tired Tuesday evening, unable to concentrate and unable to remember the last day away from church. So I stayed home yesterday and did yard work — it’s good for the soul.
Which brings me to the lawnmower. I have tried to kill my lawnmower, leaving it outside in snow, rain and ice. Yet it lives. It mocks me, “Silly man, you cannot get rid of me!” I feel like the Yugo owner who leaves his unlocked car in airport parking with the keys in the ignition, desperate for someone to steal it. I want to get a better lawnmower, like this one. But alas, the old one will not quit, in spite of my attempts to end its life. It is just as well; the money for a new lawnmower should go into savings for a new car.
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