One Last Strike!!

Once in a village lived a merchant who had great faith in God. One day when he was returning to his village from work, on his way he saw a shining stone.

Merchant liked that stone very much and picked it up. On his way, he thought, "I can get a beautiful idol of God carved from this stone and keep it in the home."

Thinking this, he went to a famous sculptor shop and said, "I want you to carve a beautiful God Idol from this stone."

The sculptor replied, "Sure. You can come back after a week to take carved Idol."

After the merchant left, Sculptor started his work. He took his tools and as soon as the sculptor hit the stone, he realized that stone was very hard.

The sculptor stuck again with full fervor, but the stone did not budge. Now, the sculptor got worried. He continued to hammer that stone, but the stone didn't break.

The sculptor tried for several days and worked 99% from his side trying to carve that stone but he couldn't break the stone.

A few days later when the merchant came back to get carved Idol, the sculptor told him that he was not able to make an idol with this stone as it was too hard.

The merchant became sad and left with stone.

Later, the merchant went to another shop and asked the sculptor to make an idol from the same stone.

The sculptor took up his tools and started hitting stone to cut it, as soon as the sculptor stuck first hammer on the stone, it broke as it was greatly weakened by the hits of the first sculptor.

The merchant was very happy to see this, and later sculptor carved out a beautiful idol of God from that stone.

After receiving Idol, on his way back merchant thought of the condition of the first sculptor, how he worked 99% but finally got tired and gave up. If he had done one more strike, he would have succeeded.

Flash: Same applies to our career. We feel that despite so many efforts, we are not able to succeed but truth is that we get tired before the last attempt. One should keep trying continuously because the most certain way to Success is always to try just one more time.

Moral: If you question your abilities or do tasks keeping doubts in mind, then you are holding yourself back from success. Unlocking your beliefs, your confidence and encouragement can lead to more positive results.

"It always seems impossible until it's done."