how to build a cathedral

My first thought: Why doesn't anybody build cathedrals anymore?

Then there is that story:

A traveler came upon a group of three hard-at-work stonemasons, and asked each in turn what he was doing.
The first said, “I am sanding down this block of marble.”
The second said, “I am preparing a foundation.”
The third said, “I am building a cathedral.”
(found in the Rule of St. Benedict, about 530 A.D.) 

 And lastly, a lovely quote:

"Lives of careless wrongdoing are tumble-down shacks;
holy living builds soaring cathedrals."
(Proverbs 14:11, The Message Bible)

So, I'm off to build. Holy living sounds difficult but really it's just sanding down the block of marble that God has assigned you, and doing it well.