The Hidden Work

Many people love to walk into beautiful cathedrals and enjoy all they can see.  Some feel a sense of holiness about the architecture.  But what they don't see and don't think about is all the work it took to dig the deep foundation upon upon which the visible cathedral was built.  So it is with prayer, recovery, sanity, the virtuous life.  What you see is built upon a lot of hidden work that you do not see.  The prayer of silence and solitude is not what people see.  Nor need they.  That prayer is often done alone, in the dark.  It is the foundation of the beautiful life that people do see and admire.  The work is hidden for the most part.  The results are what people see.