Just Enough

I try to stay in Boulder long enough so that when I leave people will really miss me, but I don't stay so long that people get bored with me when I say the same old stuff all the time.  My problem is that I am shallow.  I know one or two things but not in so great a depth that I am profound.  If I stay too long people will catch on that I am a pleasant, approachable, but lightweight priest.  This is why my parish missions go so well.  I am really good for a few talks.  I tell stories and make a few points.  Then just as people want me to stay longer or come back, I leave.  I am really helpful, given my shortcomings.  We all have to do the best with what we have, and not bemoan what we do not have.  I have learned to make the best with my little.