Possibly what the disciples, and we, really want is not to be the greatest at all, but to be a whole person. Maybe wholeness is what we all yearn for, and because we don t recognize what it is we really want, we strive to be the greatest instead. The thing is we can t ever be the greatest, not for long anyway, but we can be whole. We can be complete human beings who live our lives in openness and awareness experiencing all that life has to bring us the joys and sorrows, the successes and failures, the pleasures and the disappointments. And so Jesus brings them a little child to show them what this means.
Children know about living each moment to the fullest.
Children do all these things naturally until we teach them not to. And then a lot of them start trying to be the greatest. I think they re wonderful, and Steele and I have enjoyed every minute we have watched the amazing accomplishments of these men and women. I have great respect and admiration for them. There was one young man who stood out for me.