We see our lives small:
what have we accomplished, really?

Yesterday I spent three hours ironing–
did this heal the world?
Did this advance the reign of God?

From the 13th century
echoes the voice of St. Bonaventure:
"The perfection of a spiritual man [woman]
is to do common things
in a perfect manner.
Constant fidelity in small matters
is great and historic virtue."

Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.