The Witness
On his trip to India, a German once visited a temple that was under construction.
He witnessed a sculptor, making an idol of a Goddess that was to be later installed in the temple.
While looking around, he suddenly noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same Goddess?"
"No," replied the sculptor, without even looking up at him. "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage," he reasoned as he worked on his new masterpiece.
Curiously, the gentleman went near the previous idol and examined it. To his surprise, he found no apparent damage in the previous one.
"Where is the damage?" he asked confused.
"There is a scratch on the nose of the idol," replied the sculptor, very casually, as he remained busy with his work.
"May I ask where this idol is going to be installed?" the gentleman inquired.
The sculptor answered, "Sure. It will be
installed on a pillar, approximately twenty feet high."
"What?? If the idol is to be placed that far, who is even going to notice that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman immediately questioned with a smirk.
The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman for the first time, smiled and said, "Who else, I will!"
_The desire to excel in one's work is exclusive of the fact whether others see it or not...others appreciate it or not._
_*Even when it appears no one's watching, there's always this one constant witness to all our deeds, our thoughts and our intentions and that is, Our Soul! One can hide from everyone but one's own self!*_
_*"Climb the mountain, not with the intention for the world to see you, but with the intention to see the world for yourself."*_