“Smiling constantly, which is often very difficult; serving the Lord with joy and serving other people, for his sake, with joy too; these are two specific areas I want to stress. It’s like a bunch of flowers which a little child picks as he trots back and forth: while the rest have only walked half a kilometer, the little one has covered several kilometers, and the others don’t even notice. Even if you reach a high position in life, make the effort to be very little before God, and to be the servants of all.” In these words Saint Josemaría encouraged those who lived with him in Rome to make the most of little everyday things.