Is it blasphemous to say I hate my church calling?
I was recently called to be the formerly-known-as-Enrichment leader, and tomorrow is the Relief Society birthday dinner. I am not a natural born leader, and I have a very difficult time delegating and asking people for help. So I am sitting here amidst a pigsty of a house (too busy to clean, and yet I'm blogging. Hmmm...), fretting and worrying and planning and making phone calls and freaking out. And I will continue to be this way until it is over tomorrow night. And then to know there is another activity to plan the month after that, and the month after that, and the month after that? It's just shy of torture for me.
So last night something impromptu happened that really helped, if only for a moment. Our whole family was sitting on the living room floor, talking, when somehow the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes came up. I started gushing about how much I loved reading Calvin and Hobbes when I was younger, and I got so excited I brought Ethan and Aidan in to the computer to look up some snowman C&H comics. (Click here to see the comic strips I showed the boys.) Most of them were over my boys' heads, but they still thought they were cute.Me, however? I laughed and laughed. Like the laugh-so-hard-you're-snorting, your whole body is shaking kind of laugh. I don't laugh like that often enough. (The airplane scene from Tommy Boy will also make me laugh like this. Click here to watch the scene I'm talking about.) It felt really good to laugh.
Then, I dreamed unsettling dreams all night and now a psychologically-induced stomachache has settled itself inside of me, and I'm pretty sure it won't leave until the dinner is over.
Someone, quick - pass me a Calvin and Hobbes comic book!
23 people wanted to leave a comment:
Sorry you're so stressed! I'll bet anybody who knows how you feel right now would love to help any way they can! (I would if I lived closer!)
Best wishes and happy C & H thoughts sent your way!
Not blasphemous. Do you have a committee? Does the counselor in the presidency help you? I'm sorry you're so stressed about your activity. I think the most important thing is to celebrate the Relief Society and spend time together building each other up. As long as no one gets mortally wounded, everyone gets food (if you're having a dinner or treats), and something remotely uplifting takes place, I call it a success. I used to stress myself out so much on things like this, only to realize that a lot of people didn't even care about 80% of what I was stressing about. Such a freeing realization.
I'm sure the activity will be great. But honestly, delegate. Start small, and practice. It will change your world, and I am not even kidding.
Good luck! And HAVE FUN.
I would be freaking out if I had that calling! But I'm sure you'll get through it just fine.
I think it's OK to not like a calling. I don't LOVE my calling, but it's easy.
I watched that Tommy clip and I'm laughing out loud (still) while I'm baking cupcakes for our RS birthday celebration that is tonight. Thanks for the good laugh today!
I hope your evening goes well tomorrow. Thinking of you.
I love Calvin and Hobbes! My favorites are the snowmen he builds.
Good luck doing the dinner!
Sorry you are stressed Erin. Wish I could help!
I loved C&H too, and had every book. I dragged them out a year or two ago, and now my son is hooked.
I could use a good laugh myself, maybe I'll go open up one of those books.
I am the "Enrichment" leader too! I have never loved my calling but now we have a new presidency and now I REALLY DON"T LOVE IT.... but I know the more I pray to be released the longer I will stay in the calling...so I am trying to embrace it! Good luck! Our dinner is next week!
OH erin- I am so sorry I am the second counselor in RS Pres and since our ward is small I don't have a person with your calling to help me out and so I do what you do and I hate it as well. I hate planning and coming up with activities that people will enjoy or want to attend. We had our Birthday party last night and thankfully is was a success. I am positive yours will turn out great you are great at everything you do.
Not blasphemous. I loathed going to church for years because of callings I hated! Sorry I won't be in town to help out. I do have a ton of Calvin and Hobbes books, if you need to borrow them!
PS. I am supposed to be doing 100 other things right now but am blog hopping. Glad I'm not the only one who does that.
Yay for laughter! Sounds like quite the tender mercy. Hope things go well. Darn the callings that take us out of our comfort zones. I'm in one too right now. Took me from my nice, calm nursery calling to craziness. I'm sure I'll get it with time, but it has me feeling insecure quite a bit. Hope yours gets better with time too. I'd love to hear how it goes.
I'll just move to Cedar and you can put me on your committee because you know I'll do ANYTHING for you!
ps - my word verification is "lifetart" and it made me snicker a little.
Oy, I really feel your pain. I get those stomach aches a lot.
Ugh, I'm sorry about your hard calling! Sometimes they just stretch us!!! I'm happy that you got to laugh and release some stress!
We have the whole Calvin and Hobbes box set, we love it so much. And now to watch that clip!
Man, I think we've all had callings that we don't exactly love. And I totally love C & H.....it's funny every time!
1. That was my least favorite calling, too. I am so not enrichmenty.
2. We own ALL Calvin and Hobbes books - as you might imagine. I wish you lived closer, I'd rush them over!
Hang in.
Tommy Boy - my most favorite ever! And yes, the plane scene? Classic
How did it go? I am sure it was great. I used to be activity chair, so I understand that pre activity panic.
Oi, seriously that was a hard calling for me too! I hope it turned out great!
I just love calvin & hobbes - I was all excited that I found one of my all time favorite comic book filled with these strips in it at a local thrift store...hubby didn't understand but they are so a part of my memories as a child...ahhh to be young and have an imagination! lol
I hope things went well. I am sure you are a fine leader!
I totally feel your pain! I've been in a leadership role and was always disorganized and panicky. I learned that it was best to have a strong right-hand woman to lean on.
And I have a special love for those comic strips...the snowman ones are my favorites.
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