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Monday, October 14, 2013

Exulting in the every day


"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough... It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again," to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again," to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike: it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we." -G.K. Chesterton

Exulting in monotony. I love that concept. Finding joy in the small, the barely noticeable, the repetitive.
Children are masters at exulting in the mundane, the every day, the seemingly boring.
When a child finds a rock, it isn't just any old rock; it is the best rock ever discovered in the history of mankind.

Most adults don't even notice pretty and interesting rocks.

Let's take a lesson from children---notice the small things and be enthusiastic!

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