Lame Duck

Let’s just say that the BVC is lucky that I have a decent set of moral values and have, despite many opportunities to do so, not exploited my position as a lame duck volunteer. As I am leaving in just over a week and could wreak havoc on the monastery budget and monks, I have decided not to. That shouldn’t come as a surprise considering that I have, for the most part, politely refused most offerings and have insisted on paying for just about every courtesy afforded to me. But this is an interesting position that I have never fully experienced before and I can see where it would be easy to fall into a more lackadaisical mindset about what one should do during this period of time.