Three people were laboring in a field of boulders and large stones. Sweat ran from their foreheads as they swung their heavy picks again and again. A curious passerby approached them and asked each what they were doing. The first person answered in a stern and abrupt voice, “Can’t you see? I am breaking rocks!” The second person replied in a matter-of-fact way, “Can’t you see? I am earning my salary!” The third person smiled—their eyes gleaming with enthusiasm—and proclaimed, “Can’t you see? I am helping to build a Cathedral!”

