{"id":4284,"date":"2020-04-06T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/?p=4284"},"modified":"2020-04-08T16:04:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:04:27","slug":"the-parable-of-the-stone-sculptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/the-parable-of-the-stone-sculptor\/","title":{"rendered":"The parable of the stone sculptor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img src=\"http:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/viking-1709636_640.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/viking-1709636_640.jpg\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A pilgrim comes to a village and sees a man sculpting stone.<br>The man looks tired and as if he is struggling.<br>As a good Christian, the pilgrim strikes up conversation with the man:<br>\u201cHello, what are you doing with that stone? Perhaps I can help you?\u201d<br>The man replies curtly: \u201cAs you can see, I\u2019m sculpting and it\u2019s hard work!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pilgrim doesn\u2019t pursue the matter. Further on, he sees a man who appears to be doing the same job. This man seems calm and collected. The pilgrim speaks to him and the man replies:<br>\u201cMy job is to sculpt this stone so that it fits into its allocated place in the building.\u201d<br>The pilgrim happily goes on his way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further on, he sees another man who appears to be doing the same job. This man is humming to himself and seems happy. Delighted, the pilgrim strikes up a conversation:<br>\u201cGood day sir. What are you doing? What is making you so happy?\u201d<br>\u201cI\u2019m building a cathedral!\u201d<br>The three men are all doing the same job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about you? What cathedral are you contributing to?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pilgrim comes to a village and sees a man sculpting stone.The man looks tired and as if he is struggling.As a good Christian, the pilgrim strikes up conversation with the man:\u201cHello, what are you doing with that stone? Perhaps I can help you?\u201dThe man replies curtly: \u201cAs you can see, I\u2019m sculpting and it\u2019s hard work!\u201d The pilgrim doesn\u2019t pursue the matter. Further on, he sees a man who appears to be doing the same job. This man seems calm and collected. The pilgrim speaks to him and the man replies:\u201cMy job is to sculpt this stone so that it fits into its allocated place in the building.\u201dThe pilgrim happily goes on his way. Further on, he sees another man who appears to be doing the same job. This man is humming to himself and seems happy. Delighted, the pilgrim strikes up a conversation:\u201cGood day sir. What are you doing? What is making you so happy?\u201d\u201cI\u2019m building a cathedral!\u201dThe three men are all doing the same job. What about you? What cathedral are you contributing to?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[2763,2764,2765,2766,2767],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bullesbygundula.com\/en\/the-parable-of-the-stone-sculptor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The parable of the stone sculptor - Bulles de bonheur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A pilgrim comes to a village and sees a man sculpting stone.The man looks tired and as if he is struggling.As a good Christian, the pilgrim strikes up conversation with the man:\u201cHello, what are you doing with that stone? 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