I must confess that I make a poor Radical.I always have. I'm not a coward,but I just can't be Radical.I prefer safeness. I like knowing how things are supposed to turn out.I have a hard time throwing caution to the wind.I always have.It's my personality.Call it Class A vs. Class B personality.I don't like waiting in line or traffic jams or confrontation.So,maybe I am a coward of sorts.But I also feel it has spared me needless conflict and worry.That is why I could never be a criminal.I fail to see the gamble between serving time and possibly getting away with some crime where another person or place is a victim.I wouldn't want that done to me. I might make a Good Priest,but Priest's hands are pretty tied.I don't like the thought of lifetime service and round the clock duties,all hours of the day & night.I do like the notion that Priests have really nice rectories and housekeepers who take care of everything. But then I don't cotton being nursemaided. I can't see clear to how on earth I could ever be a Radical. I like being different but I prefer not to change,at least too much. Radicals prefer change.Being extreme. The only extreme thing I prefer is to be extremely allowed to decide for myself what gives.
