[jtracy]

I think that having a mundane life only refers to the activities you do. It says nothing about how you do them. Gregor Mendel was one example of this. Another is the story I heard about a mentally handicapped person who bagged groceries at the supermarket. You can't get a much more mundane job than that. But this guy decided to do something special. He collected a lot of inspirational sayings and slipped them in people's bags of groceries. Between that and his warm smile, the line he worked in quickly became everyone's favorite. He took a mundane activity that most of us would find really boring, and turned it into something that really made a difference to people. It's not what you do, a lot of the time, it's how you do it. It's your motivation and enthusiasm. It's your passion. Gregor Mendel obviously had a passion for finding out how plants breed. Most of us have "mundane" lives. We can't all be superstars. But it is the way that we approach our lives that makes the difference.