THE
STONE CUTTER
One evening
while Grandpa was visiting for conversation over dinner. During
dinner the Grandson was complaining how hard the coach was making him
work up and down the basketball court. “Grandpa, I’m the slowest
one, and the coach always makes me run extra after
practice. EVERYONE is watching me, and the pressure is MORE
than I can handle.”
With a
knowing but sympathetic smile, the Grandfather said, “pressure is
good. Let me tell you a story about pressure and results”
“If you
don't know about stone cutters, they work like this.....They are given a
big heavy sledgehammer with which they pound gigantic pieces of
boulders and rocks. They slam their
hammer down
as hard as they can hundreds even THOUSANDS of times with seemingly
NO progress........then.....all of a sudden they hit the boulder and
”CRACK” the giant rock splits! It wasn't that one last hit that
split the rock, but rather the pressure that had been created from the
repeated work of the stone cutter!
Then he said
“your coach is a stone cutter, He believes in your ability to transform
and you are LUCKY to have someone to give you the pressure required to
make that transformation.
Because we
don't see the results we want immediately does NOT mean we aren't making
progress! Consistency is what builds the pressure required for
transformation! We have to
be convinced and focused on the idea that results ARE coming!
Learn to
look for progress and let results show up. Be a STONE Cutter.
I've always loved the spirit of " when we long for a live without
challenge or problems, remind us Oak Tress grow strong in contrary winds and
diamonds are made from pressure."
Shared by,
Your friendly neighborhood BlackBelt energy guy
