NIKHIL MORO forwards a piece of feel-good wisdom
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A tourist visiting a temple under construction saw a sculptor making an idol of the Lord. He also noticed a similar idol lying nearby.
Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two identical statues of the Lord?”
“No,” said the sculptor without looking up, “We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the very last stage.”
The tourist examined the idol but found no apparent damage. “Where is the damage?” he asked.
“There is a scratch on the nose of the idol,” said the sculptor, still busy with his scalpel.
“Where are you going to install the idol?”
The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar 20 feet high.
The tourist was incredulous. “If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?”
The sculptor stopped his work, looked up, and smiled. “I will know.”
Inspiring. I personallt beleive that perfection is heaven. I got that from a story I read although I do not remember who the author is(not perfect I guess).
cute :)
A person who wants to achieve perfection in his work would not like to compromise anything.
“In those early days (at Fortune), the importance of accuracy was burned into me. I wrote home about being “worried sick” about a possible error in a picture caption: “They impress you so with accuracy here,” I said, “that you get almost physically ill when something like this comes up.” Thankfully, that dreaded error did not creep in. But I have never recovered from error anxiety. I think I remember every mistake I have made in an article.”
–Carol J Loomis, 80-year old female journalist @ Fortune who was pivotal in breaking glass ceiling, at her 50th-year anniversary at Fortune in 2005. (55 years of her life to this day)
Here is the link
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/09/19/8272904/index.htm
Perfection should be the essence of any religion on planet earth. Life becomes much more fasinating and enjoyable if people start pursuing perfectionism, rather than doing haphazard work. I have experienced immense delight in work after incorporating perfectionism.
Uplifting post. It also reminds the story of a perfect idol in the Malgudi Days, when the Nataraj became alive and destruction there after.