More on Small Things

A particularly modern psycho-heresy comes from our being pumped full of pseudo-knowledge about other lives, roles, and histories. Mundane and spiritual ambition* run amok in one's thinking. Well, it has to be something big, worthwhile, full of glory and importance. Or I won't do it. "If I can't be Hemingway, why blog?"

This post from Trevor Romain's blog, especially the sketch, is a good reminder. Trevor's work with children seems a true calling. See for instance, the beautiful young model for a day.

Via Dawn Eden.

*Spiritual ambition: the earnest desire for some spiritual achievement and distinction and the willingness to strive for it; a desire to be seen and counted among the mature.