Ordinary? No!

"Just because a thing is ordinary does not make it useless. It may simply make it obscure."

Sr. Joan Chittister, "The Psalms"

I remember my mom's good friend, Tatty, who made the best pie crust in the whole world. This is an indisputable fact...it really was the best. I asked her one time, what is the secret to making the best pie crust in the world and she pulled out an old, funny-looking measuring spoon. "This is the key," she said. "Without this little spoon I couldn't begin to make a pie crust." The funny little spoon was the key to the fabulous pie crust? Apparently so. We are surrounded by the ordinary little things of our lives everyday. Every once in a while, that which is ordinary shows its true worth. The little measuring spoon proves that it is the secret to the perfect pie crust. That which may seem ordinary proves it is extraordinary! It is the same with people, too, my Friends. We may all appear to be ordinary, but within each person is the seed of the extraordinary. The glimmer of Christ, nurtured within, makes each of us--ordinary as we seem--extraordinary. Today, let's look around our lives for the ordinary-turned-extraordinary. Are there items you could not get through your day without? More importantly, look for the people in your life who help you get through your day. See how extraordinary they all are! Love, heidi