I heard this story and I would like to share it with you:
Several hundred years ago, a traveler was walking through the French countryside. He came to the site of the Cathedral of Chartres, which was being built at that time.
He entered the construction site, and saw a sculptor working. He asked the sculptor what he was doing, and the sculptor said “I am making a statue”.
He walked around, and he saw a glazier. He asked the glazier what she was doing, and she said “I am making stained glass”.
He then saw a carpenter, and asked the carpenter what he was doing. The carpenter said “I am making pews”.
The traveler then saw a janitor. The janitor was pushing a broom. That janitor was cleaning up pieces of marble from the sculptor, stained glass from the glazier, and wood from the carpenter. The traveler asked the janitor what he was doing, and the janitor replied “I am building a monument to the glory of God”.
I will go to my home group tomorrow morning, and I will make coffee. I am the Coffee Guy. I’ll get out the coffee, and I’ll find the coffee filters, and I’ll start the water. I’ll make a lot of coffee (we get about 100 people at the Saturday morning meeting).
If a traveler approaches me and asks me what I’m doing, I hope I remember to say more than “I’m making coffee”. I hope I remember to say “I’m helping alcoholics to get sober”.
With Love,
The Recovering Urchin
