Stonecutters

A traveler comes across three stonecutters working in a field.

Curious, he asks each what they are doing.

The first grumpily mutters, “I am just doing my job.”

The second scoffs at the first, and declares, “I am cutting perfect stones!”

But the third smiles humbly and says, “I am building a cathedral.”

Here’s the thing:
We all have a job to do, sure. And if you are reading this, I bet you want to be good at yours.

But what cathedral are you building?

Warmly,
Jonathan

P.S. A few years back, an art critic with the BBC wrote a piece called “Why Museums are the New Churches”. At the time, I was working on a visitor experience project for a major US cathedral, and the article got me thinking about the similarities between the types — and the old parable above.