I guess its one of those topics I have to cross through from time to time.  While I was gone on my ten-day journey around the state of Kansas (literally – I hit every single state that borders Kansas but never stepped foot into the state once during the trip) – I got my typical flood of Emails.  I can’t really call them ALL “Emails” most were forwarded messages with political themes.  I tend to trash those without spending much more than ten seconds on each.  I’m quite the apolitical individual – and the last thing I really care to pay attention to is the American political process.  Another group of forwarded spam related to the recent Supreme Court decision regarding the Affordable Care Act – otherwise known by the stupidest of monikers: “Obama-Care”.  These received even less scrutiny – winding up in File 13 as well.  However, there was another spat of Emails that I sat and read through….

Several folks have asked me why I shun the title of “Priest”.  Its pretty simple…I’ve not received any training towards such a title…and where the training I have had intersects with that – I’d have no desire to embrace such a title whatsoever.  I’m not a Priest…and I really have no desire to be a Priest or a clergy member of any sort.  Its just not the direction of my life – or to put it another way, its most assuredly not my Path.

Yes, I’m a Pagan.  No, I have no desire to lead my own training group, circle, grove or coven.  None of that appeals to me in any manner whatsoever.  Its so far away from who I am and where I am going.  Any status of clergy provides no appeal for me whatsoever.  Its not how I’m built or how my mind works.  I know several people – both via the internet and face-to-face – for whom such a title would work quite well, and who seemingly work that way in their lives.  It works for them.  Its their Calling – their Path, if you prefer.My Path and theirs intersect in many ways – but that doesn’t mean that I am drawn to their Calling – nor are they drawn to my own.

Nor should they be.  Each of us has our own individual directions to walk.  Sometimes we walk together, sometimes we must walk alone.  However, our footsteps are our own to walk.  When we walk together, sometimes we walk shoulder-to-shoulder and sometimes we walk single-file – stepping exactly where the person in front of us has stepped.  Regardless, only our single footstep can occupy that particular spot at any given time – even when our walk along the Path is together, we must take the steps individually.

So noting that – yes I walk a Path similar to my friends that aspire to clergy-like positions.  That doesn’t mean that I follow in that inclination.  I’m just a simple Pagan, making my way through the daily walk of my Life.