Do you think excellence is inside and not outside?
By bamrahkirti
@bamrahkirti (1821)
India
March 24, 2009 2:16am CST
A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage." The gentleman examined the idol and 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 work. "Where are you going to install the idol?"
The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."
[b]The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency...
What is your stand on this?
[/b]
1 response
@veejay19 (3589)
• India
24 Mar 09
The sculptor must have been a perfectionist. A perfectionist is not satisfied until he produces something which gives him total satisfaction. Even if there is a flaw which is invisible to other eyes he will redo his work, just as the sculptor did until he gets the perfect image.That is the hallmark of excellence which comes entirely from ones soul, and what comes from inside is reflected on the outside. therefore there is only one Michael Angelo and one Leonardo Da Vinci, isn`t it?
@bamrahkirti (1821)
• India
24 Mar 09
Ya very well said.A perfectionist is someone who carves a niche for himself in whatever he does or performs.It is just the matter of inner satisfaction which drives a person to do whatever comes in his way with perfection and beauty.
