MONDAY MUSE (4 May 2009)
ROCK
For many years, a farmer had ploughed around a large rock in his field. He
would curse the rock, every time he damaged his plough on it. Though he tried
to be better at avoiding the rock, he managed to break yet another plough, one
day. Remembering all the trouble the rock had caused him through the years, he
finally decided to do something about it.
When he put the crowbar under the rock, he was surprised to discover that it
was only about six inches thick and that he could break it up easily with a
sledgehammer. As he was carting the pieces away he also carried the smile of
realisation how easy it would have been to get rid of that rock sooner… if he
had only tried!
We know of how the stream defeats the rock with its persistence… how the drop
hollows the rock with constant falling... how the stone cutter with determined
chiselling gives shape to huge rocks. But, perseverance would never happen if
one did not choose to try. And the reality is that most rocks in our route may
not be as big or as tough as we imagine them to be. But we would only know when
we try!
Most of the time, the hurdles in our path seem larger just because we dread the
bigger obstacles. But, those who are seized by the passion, to overcome every
obstacle, find that not all rocks in their course are overwhelming. Somebody
who shirks from preliminary effort would find the simplest of tasks to seem
overpowering. It is said well that “never give up until you try”…
The rock in our way may not be what it appears
Let’s BE BETTER at overcoming failure fears…
- Pravin K. Sabnis
4 May 2009, Goa, India.
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