"I survey the landscape of mediocrity and, though I feel the creeping temptation, I know I do not want to settle there. I don't want to merely accept a job that pays bills but brings no satisfaction to my soul, or a marriage that is committed but not connecting.I don't want to have a freedom that looks more like laziness than liberty, nor a life of spirituality that has the form but no substance. I truly value faithfulness and understand that these years on earth won't always be peaches and cream, but I don't want to negate the divine spark or breath that turned inanimate dust into a living being. I want those black and white days from It's a Wonderful Life with its ardent lovemaking and pas