I have finally become a citizen of modernity. True, things turned out badly for Adam, but that was before the managers inherited the earth. Now I have reached another crossroads. It will be a wrench to give up the job. I have toyed with the thought of continuing in my new direction and living my life in harmony with the world around me.
Many clergy rise to high positions by virtue of a zest for administering accounts.
But hard as it is, I think I will give up management. While I somewhat regret my loss of innocence, which like virginity can't be regained, on the whole I am grateful for my belated experience of the modern world. I have been a manager. For I have had to say the same thing myself. Martin Royackers SJ works in a rural development project in Annotto Bay, Jamaica.