The three things you never talk about in polite company:

Politics, Religion and Money

This is really difficult to avoid when you’re a Religion teacher in a publicly funded Catholic Education System run by a Premier who hates you (one of his party’s many examples of gaslighting). As much as I try to keep my mouth shut and just do the work that will serve my community, people keep trying to pull me into the mud.

My dad always told me to leave work at work.

Do what you need to do, then go home and leave work where it belongs. Don’t complain about it, don’t whine to anyone and just move on with your life. After all, no one wants to hear you complain about it anyway. This is what I try to do.

And a big reason I cultivate so many other interests (aside from my creative mind craving it), is so I can avoid talking about what I do for a living and my personal study of Religion that I’ve spent over twenty five years on at this point. It’s a stupid game because I love them both.

Yet, I’ve learned, never engage.

At best, play a different game.