I was a per diem floater in the same junior high school I went to. I sat in the office and made $42.50 a day, and whenever a teacher was absent, I'd substitute. I taught everything from English to auto shop.
They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.
I was an entrepreneur myself and often say that I'm on loan to public service.
The Bible offers three metaphors that teach us God's view of life: Life is a test, life is a trust, and life is a temporary assignment.
I'm just a citizen temporarily in public service.
In God's eyes, the greatest heroes of faith are not those who achieve prosperity, success, and power in this life, but those who treat life as a temporary assignment and serve faithfully, expecting their promised reward in eternity.
Callings in the church, as important as they are, by their very nature are only for a period of time, and then an appropriate release takes place.
Perhaps Harvard's greatest contribution to our nation is its requirement that its on-leave professors who want to keep their crimson seats must return from Washington after 24 months.
They are not your players, they are loaned from the club. You just wheel them out for a game for England.
In TV films, it's nice to get out of town for six weeks or two months, whatever it is, do your thing, and you're out, ready for the next assignment.
It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.
When you have a guest role, it's like being dropped into a show out of a helicopter.
