Hi Steemians!
We tend to get defensive when it comes to our most cherished possessions in life. Our home, our family, our circle of friends, our favorite pastimes, etc. are all within the boundaries of our comfort zone.
But our comfort zone is not limited to the things we own or have power on in the physical world. Our mind also has a comfort zone in which the secure state of our consciousness rests. This is the force in your mind that compels you to stop doing an activity or gives you fears and doubts in your decisions and actions.
This is the force that determines what is right and wrong, and what you should and shouldn’t do in order to not disturb its peace or move beyond the boundaries of its tranquility.
Today, I want to tell you the allegorical story of the marbles and the sculptor.
Once upon a time, there was a popular museum that was renowned as a famous tourist spot throughout the world. The most famous piece of work which attracted most of the visitors was a sculpture that was magnificent and splendid to behold.
People from all around the globe came to the museum every year to visit the glorious sculpture.
There came a day when a stone from the ground of the museum started speaking to the sculpture.
‘I never quite understood our difference,’ said the stone:
‘We were both marbles of the same kind. We were mined from the same place. We were taken to the same workshop. But you turned out to be a sight for all, while I am trampled on everyday of my life. You are a statue ornate in glory, and I am an insignificant tile on the ground.’
The statue laughed. ‘Remember the sculptor that fashioned us?’
‘Yes.’ Replied the stone. ‘I always hated him, with all of his tools, constantly changing and shaping us. What painful experience it was!’
‘Well, that is the problem.’ The statue claimed.
‘When first he started working on you, you resisted him and his tools. You were a hard stone that would not give in to be carved. That is why you were thrown away for other uses. Whereas I tolerated the pain of the sharpening tools, and now here I am; a sight for all to behold.’
We are all marbles in this great universe. We go through all sorts of struggles and pains, but we decide if we would be willing to become statues of splendor or tiles to be trampled on.
Do you want to live an existence of glory, or just a tool and a means for everyone else to get to the place they want?
How much are we tolerant against the tools of the great sculptor of our lives?
Are we willing to get out of our comfort zones and bear the struggles of everyday life in order to achieve greatness?
At the end of the day, it is up to you to decide on how to use the marble of your life!
A BIG HUG!
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Important Note!
I have been working very hard on this blog since the beginning. I have a very busy life but I am giving my best and believe me I have shared experiences that I have been coaching thousands of people and I know that the change of the Mindset should be daily. I am already grateful to see you giving upvotes to each other and you can see this with the fact that many already have 8, 9, 10 upvotes. But I'm sure that with the effort of all of us we will see a community with, 40, 50, 80 upvotes and for that everyone should get engaged so we can make it come true. I believe and we can! Resteem...
***Remember Community: Please, if you commented and upvote on a new post I did, please always go back to the previous one because if someone in the community commented lastly because of time zone differences it will be without your upvote and that would not be fair.
You all know the goal! We can reach: 50+ Upvotes each others!
Attention!!!
I'm reading all the meaningful comments from the posts.
I am here making a list of all of you who have helped build this community by voting for each other who write meaningful comments and soon I will respond to everyone with comment and thank you all because I can already see this spirit being built in this Positive Mindset community and help between all of you.
You will receive my upvote in all material and brief comments I will do this in all the posts I am following very closely and I can see what the people who are generous and contribute to this legacy that I am trying to build with all of you can become reality in a short time.
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First of all, I would like to thank all of you, who are the most active and proactive in this community, showing your generosity and always with meaningful comments. From now on I will always make a list of these incredible people who have helped to expand our goal of growing ever more.
But I ask that if you are new around here you read many of the previous posts because they make it clear that we are building a community with respect among all, generosity and this blog is for those who really want to start moving their Mindset to positive and moreover be part of the growth of all of us who contribute to this blog. Please do not ask to include you in the list if you are just wanting upvotes because we want here people genuinely attuned to growth and good attitudes and as I have always said with Respect as the basis of all, generosity and positivity!
ABOUT OUR LIST!!! WE NEED GROW THIS LIST! LET'S GO TOGETHER IN THIS COMMUNITY - RESTEEM!
Feel free if you want to be included in the list of contributors to this community. Just ask at the end of your comment.
Thanks All of You!!!!