Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Statue & Floor

There is this beautiful marble statue in a Museum that people from far and wide come to see...There is heavy traffic of visitors and tourists at the museum throughout the day to see the beautiful statue...The flooring of that museum incidentally was also of marble.

And one evening as the museum is closing, the floor decides to pour its heart out to the statue...and the watchman, who was just about to leave, overhears the conversation.

The conversation was as follows...

Floor: Oh, dear statue, we both have originated from the same mine, we both have the same birth date and the same birth time and the same birthplace...We have gone through the same process to become marble. Yet...people from far and wide come to see you and sing praises of your beauty, and admire you all day.....You are kept in the finest sapphire,crystal glass, with locks of the purest gold, and lovely velvet interiors and me....I too am marble.........but people don't even glance at me...... in fact they stamp on me the entire day with their dirty feet....I cant take this discrimination any more....it hurts me tremendously and troubles me all the time.....Why am I treated like this?? Can you answer my question?? Why is life so unfair??

Statue: (Smiles its lovely smile) - Oh my dear floor, yes indeed we both were born in the same mine at the same time and went through the same process to become marble. However, when the sculptor had come to the quarry to select the piece for his statue, and he used his tools on you to check your strength, you whimpered and gave way under the pain......so he had mercy and did not put you through any more pain... But when he tried his tools on me, I withstood bravely and hence he chose me.....Then he worked on me continuously for a few months with his tools, which was extremely painful at that time. Today, it is withstanding that pain, that has transformed me into this beautiful statue today...which so many people are admiring...and singing praises of..

So my dear friend, when GOD gives you problems, don't shy away, asking Him to take your problems away, in fact be happy when he gives you problems, and welcome them with open arms, because he sends problems to you only because he loves you very much and it means that he is working on you to transform you into a much much more beautiful human being, whom the world will sing praises of and admire...

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