Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Be Excellent.

We should make an effort to be extraordinary, rather than ordinary.  We should aim for the exemplary, rather than settle for the mediocre.  We should strive for excellence, rather than perfection.  Excellence is doable; perfection is God's business.

As we endeavor to be our best, most excellent selves, we must remember that there are those around us that do not have this same goal, or simply do not approach the mission in the same way.  This family is respectful of all people regardless of age, gender, race, family status, marital status, religion, disability, sexual orientation or any other difference that makes them special and unique in the eyes of God.  We may not agree with some of the choices made by others; but we do not pass judgment, as that is only God's prerogative.  All we can do is pray for others, and with others--after all, we are all seekers of one sort or another--that we might find God and that He might find us.  We can pray that our steps are guided to the path God chooses for each of us, and that we remain on that path even in light of the obstacles and temptations that are bound to spring up along the way.

In this way, we have set our sights on excellence.  We truly believe that we can attain excellence by meeting and accepting others wherever they are, and serving as beacons that illuminate God's intended paths (especially in times of difficulty or danger).  By aiming for excellence in this way, we function as prayers incarnate for one another.


I, for one, need all the prayers I can get.  I hope there are others out there who choose, on my behalf at least, to accept this mission to be excellent.