1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
Aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.
Being consistent in your regularly assigned duties provides the stability for extraordinary work to spring from. The sturdier the platform, the more opportunity to thrust upwards. If the base is wobbly, the force of the thrust may actually work against it's ability to ascend.
"Be regular and orderly in your daily affairs that you may be violent and original in your work" - Gustavo Flaubert
You cannot set aside regular duties in order to focus on exceptional ones.
The depth of the foundation determines the height of the spire.
This explains why most buildings aren't that tall. It's too hard and too much work to dig that deep in order to get that high.
"All noble things are as difficult as they are rare." - Spinoza
The reason so many aspire to be noble and yet so few achieve it is because it is hard. It is rare because it is hard. Because it is hard, it is rare.
"Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried." - G.K. Chesterton
Noble plans can only be achieved by noble means and for noble ends. You cannot accomplish a noble task by ignoble means. You cannot achieve a noble end by ignoble measures. You cannot reach the sky by launching yourself off a crumbling foundation.
Isaiah 32:8
He who is noble plans noble things, and on noble things he stands.
The man who stands on noble principles and applies himself in a noble manner to noble means by noble measures will find himself breathing that rare air achieved only by nobility.
"Hard work beats natural ability when natural ability doesn't work hard." - unknown
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