go big or go home.

I have this notion that if I'm not doing someting of a momunemtal proportion I'm not doing something that's of great importance. Some of my goals in life are to solve world hunger, end fighting and establish world peace. I love working with children and believe in dreaming big. I however leave much to be desired when it comes to followthrough.

I'm beginning to realize though that some of life's most tedious and repetitive tasks can be of the utmost importance. Parenting for example. To raise a child is to give of yourself completely to another and in the process watch as a piece of your heart goes into the world in another vessel. Generations could continue out of one person's love for and care of a child.

Half hearted child rearing doesn't often yield good results, nor does I imagine most things. If its worth doing, do it well. Give it your all. Even if it does seem to be the most meaningless task. Evaluate the why, assign it a value, and get going.

My example. I needed a job, so a friend and I walked each of the mile-long floors at the Mall of America taking an application wherever we could get one. The last store she walked into I said, I could never work in a place like this. The manager misunderstood and gave her two applications. At home that night I was temped and initially did begin to fill out the application with sloppy writting, until I heard that sunday school teachers voice telling me that whatever I did I should do it as unto the Lord and not as unto men. I straightened up my writting and was called in for an interview based on the handwritting on my application. I did get the job and have been loving it for the past 4 years now.