100th Post

Perhaps it's because I work for an elementary school where the younger children always celebrate the "100th Day of School", but something in me feels like I should acknowledge the fact that this is my blog's 100th post.  I probably wouldn't even notice, except Blogger tells you which # post it is every time you blog.  It seems like I should be writing about something exciting or monumental on this 100th post, but I'm not.  The truth is that more of life is made up of the mundane than the celebratory.  However, it does not necessarily follow that there is not joy in the mundane.

I've always liked this quote by Helen Keller and will sometimes think of it as I go about my normal routine: "I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief task to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble."

In attempt to stay awake on a road trip, a friend and I were recently discussing what we would name our hypothetical bands.  I would name mine "Ordinary Wonder."  Ordinary wonder is all around us; we just have to be looking for it...