Today’s daily draft will be used for a small story I recently read in a book I randomly picked up in my library, curious enough to see what I would find. Sure enough, I found something worth sharing.
Building Cathedrals
Three men, all engaged at the same employment, were asked what they were doing. One said he was making five dollars a day. Another replied that he was cutting stone. The third said he was building a cathedral. The difference was not in what they were actually doing, although the spirit of the third might quite possibly have made him the more expert at his task.
They were all earning the same wage; they were all cutting stone, but only one held it in his mind that he was helping build a great edifice. Life meant more to him than to his mates, because he saw further and more clearly.
The farmer may be only planting seed, but if he opens his eyes, he is feeding the world. The railroad man, the factory hand, the clerk in the store, likewise, are building their cathedrals. The investors in stocks and bonds, the executives of great corporations— they are building cathedrals likewise, if only they can catch the vision.
The housewife does not count the dollars she receives for her exertions. If she did, her life would be unhappy indeed. The rest of us, the great figures of the industrial world, more than the humble ones, are thinking too much about such things as cutting stone and making profits, entirely to be realizing the beauty of life.
Omaha Bee
To think I resonate more with the third than the first two.
What cathedral are you building?