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This document discusses how struggle and overcoming obstacles are an essential part of life. It argues that success is not defined by one's position but by the challenges they faced to get there. It uses the metaphor of a teacup being molded, fired, and decorated by a potter to illustrate how struggles shape us and help us achieve our potential, even if we cannot see the purpose at the time. Overall the document asserts that nothing meaningful comes without struggle and that each experience makes us stronger.
This document discusses how struggle and overcoming obstacles are an essential part of life. It argues that success is not defined by one's position but by the challenges they faced to get there. It uses the metaphor of a teacup being molded, fired, and decorated by a potter to illustrate how struggles shape us and help us achieve our potential, even if we cannot see the purpose at the time. Overall the document asserts that nothing meaningful comes without struggle and that each experience makes us stronger.
This document discusses how struggle and overcoming obstacles are an essential part of life. It argues that success is not defined by one's position but by the challenges they faced to get there. It uses the metaphor of a teacup being molded, fired, and decorated by a potter to illustrate how struggles shape us and help us achieve our potential, even if we cannot see the purpose at the time. Overall the document asserts that nothing meaningful comes without struggle and that each experience makes us stronger.
struggle The pa th to succe ss is full of obsta cle s tha t ne e d to be ove rcom e . It is the se tria ls tha t pre pa re us for the ga ins in life . Trium phs dont com e without e ffort a nd succe ss is not m e a sure d by our position in life but by the obsta cle s we ove rcom e to ge t the re . It is m e a sure d not only by how high we go up in life , but by how m a ny tim e s we bounce ba ck whe n we fa ll down. It is our re silie nce tha t se ts us a pa rt. An English prove rb sa ys, A sm ooth se a ne ve r m a de a sk ilful m a rine r. Life
is a continuous struggle , whe re
e a ch e x pe rie nce
m a k e s us ga in in stre ngth a nd grow wise r. A be a utiful story The
tria ls of a Te a C up, by a n unk nown write r, ha s be e n a n unfa iling source of inspira tion for m e whe ne ve r I ha ve fa ce d a storm in life . It ha s m a de m e se t m y e ye s on the sa fe shore s a nd ove rcom e the thre a te ning wa ve s coura ge ously. This is how the story goes: I ha ve nt a lwa ys be e n a te a cup. The re wa s a tim e in m y life whe n I wa s just a lum p of cla y. The n m y m a ste r took m e a nd be ga n to pa t a nd m ould a nd sha pe m e . It wa s ve ry pa inful a nd I be gge d him to stop, but He only sm ile d a nd sa id, Not ye t. The n he pla ce d m e on a spinning whe e l a nd I we nt round a nd round. I got so sick tha t I thought I wa snt going to m a k e it, but the n he fina lly le t m e off. Just a s I thought I wa s going to be a ll right, m y m a ste r put m e in a n ove n. I didnt unde rsta nd why he wa nte d to burn m e . I ye lle d a nd be gge d for him to stop. He only sm ile d, shook his he a d a nd sa id, Not ye t. Fina lly, whe n he took m e out of the ove n I sighe d with re lie f. But, a ll of a sudde n, m y m a ste r pick e d m e up a nd sta rte d sa nding a nd brushing m e . He took a pa intbrush a nd sta rte d pa inting colours a ll ove r m e . The fum e s we re strong. I thought I would pa ss out. I ple a de d with him to stop, but he sm ile d a nd sa id, Not ye t! The n he pla ce d m e in a nothe r ove n. This wa s twice a s hot a s the first. I k ne w I would suffoca te . I be gge d a nd ple a de d a nd crie d, but he only sm ile d a nd sa id, Not ye t! I lost hope . I couldnt ta k e it a nym ore . It wa s a ll ove r for m e . The n the door swung ope n a nd m y Ma ste r sa id, Now! He pla ce d m e on a she lf a nd brought a m irror a nd told m e to look . I could not be lie ve m y e ye s. I wa s a be a utiful te a cup. The n the m a ste r e x pla ine d, I wa nt you to unde rsta nd tha t I k ne w it hurt whe n I pa tte d a nd m oulde d you. I k ne w the spinning whe e l m a de you sick . But if I ha d le ft you a lone , you would be just a lum p of cla y. You would not ha ve ha d a pe rsona lity in your life . If I ha d not ba k e d you, you would ha ve crum ble d. I k ne w it re a lly bothe re d you to be brushe d a nd pa inte d, but if I ha dnt, you wouldnt ha ve ha d a ny colour in your life . O h how I k ne w the se cond ove n wa s ha rd for you! But you se e if I ha d not put you the re , you would not ha ve la ste d, so you would not ha ve survive d ve ry long. So you se e , whe n you thought it wa s a ll so ha rd, I still ha d you in m y ca re . I k ne w a ll a long wha t you would be toda y. I ha d the finishe d product in m y m ind from the da y I first touche d you. Tha ts how we a ll ha ve be e n cre a te d - to struggle a nd a chie ve . R ight from the be ginning a child ha s to struggle to cra wl, to sta nd, to wa lk , to ta lk by him se lf. Eve n the m ost doting pa re nts, a t be st, ca n only a ssist the child. He a lone ca n
m a ste r the se . The se a re the first le ssons of life tha t cle a rly indica te tha t nothing worthwhile in life com e s without a struggle .