Ok, another trial run.\u00a0 EDoLa is hosting a Stewardship Seminar next Saturday and I have signed up for it.\u00a0 The plan is for my wife to drive me, drop me and then go shopping until she either runs out of money or my meds stop working. LOL.<\/p>\n
There is a 4-day seminar I really would like to attend in Hendersonville, NC.\u00a0 This one is a national-level conference for Episcopal Communicators, which I am one of. For me to be effective, I need to gain information on what the Church is doing unified.<\/p>\n
I think I have a high chance of surviving the EpisComm 18 for one specific reason:\u00a0 Even though it is 4 days, it is all on one campus.\u00a0 My wife will nob be with me, but sleeping and classes are all there.\u00a0 I just need to get my carcass there.\u00a0 I can take a cheap train to a location an hour away, but I need to get from Greenville, SC to Hendersonville and return.\u00a0 I will wait on that grain until I see if I can get a sponsor for at least part of the cost.\u00a0 On my fixed budget, I can’t do it.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the parish coffers are fairly tight when it comes to Communications.\u00a0 They don’t really seem to be behind my efforts.\u00a0 I get a lot of positive feedback, but that doesn’t convert into donations.\u00a0 One thing I’ve started doing is stepping up my efforts to actively seek donations.\u00a0 Right now, I’m posting the link to make online donations to the Church in numerous locations.\u00a0 It’s even in my signature block of my emails.<\/p>\n
I need to mingle my mind with people with the same mission.\u00a0 I need to know what I am doing wrong or right.\u00a0 Pioneering things, you rarely know if you are doing something of value.\u00a0 My time and energy have increased in rarity and I have to choose where I expend my energy carefully.<\/p>\n
I run through all the things that could happen while I’m out-of-state.\u00a0 All I know is if I don’t start doing things that feed my mind, I never will move forward.\u00a0 I will stagnate worse than I am now.\u00a0 I am not a quitter and I cannot let this disease kill my spirit.<\/p>\n
As I write this, know, I am in considerable pain.\u00a0 I’ve had about 1 hour of sleep.\u00a0 I gave up trying to rest about two hours ago (4:30 am).\u00a0 The bed was comfy, but my muscles are considerably unhappy.\u00a0 It’s a strange combination:\u00a0 high pain, low coordination, and I’ve got more energy than I should.\u00a0 So, I lay down restless, in pain, or I get up, walk around and drop things.\u00a0 It’s a comedy act.<\/p>\n
I know there will be issues when I travel.\u00a0 But, knowing this, I can prepare for them.\u00a0 I have tools.\u00a0 The question is: Can I use the tools effectively to survive 4 days out of town.\u00a0 The results from our vacation to Natchitoches was less then great.\u00a0 But, we moved a lot, and things were spread out all over the town.\u00a0 Movement was exhausting.<\/p>\n
In the seminar situation, once I get there, I’ll be in my chair for extended periods.\u00a0 I’ve got to be able to do this.\u00a0 I will pray and meditate.\u00a0 At this time, I’m not too concerned.\u00a0 I don’t have funding for EpisComm 18, and the Early-Bird prices expire on Jan. 26th.\u00a0 If I haven’t secured a sponsorship by then, the worry won’t matter.<\/p>\n
I really miss work.\u00a0 For the first time since the military, I found people that were like me.\u00a0 Now, they are shadows in my memories.<\/p>\n
The worse part about this disease is that my mind is strong.\u00a0 When the pain rises, it does falter.\u00a0 However, my mind is so much stronger than my body.\u00a0 It is not terminal (that we know off.)\u00a0 This means I have several decades where I can either build myself or become a hermit.\u00a0 Machiavelli said you either expand or decline, there is no stasis.\u00a0 I’m not willing to decline.\u00a0 I have to rage against the tides and find a way to effect a change in the world.\u00a0 Even if it is a small thing.\u00a0 There is no try. I must do.<\/p>\n
Thanks for reading and God Bless,<\/p>\n
Jay C. “Twitch” Theriot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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