The hall of fame is for a handful of people. Your family’s kitchen table is a hall of fame too, and you can get in.

Recognition comes in sizes, and only the largest one is essentially closed. A few people get plaques and statues, decided by a committee you will never meet. The small version, where your name comes up at a kitchen table because of something you did for somebody sitting there, is open to anyone willing to be useful and consistent. It also touches far more of your actual days.

Earn a spot at that table this week. Cook once, drive somebody, fix the thing everyone complains about. The entry requirements are unglamorous, which is exactly why the door stays open.