Monday, 5 May 2025
A father and his son lived in a remote village which was best known for sculpture shops. Father was a sculpture and had a shop. He never made big profits from the shop but still, he continued with that.
In his free time, Father used to teach his young son the art of sculpture. While teaching the art, his father also thought him about work ethics and about faith one should have in his work. He told his son, ‘We are not able to sell as many sculptures as we wanted. But remember one day our work will reach the right people and that day there will be no looking back’.
As time passed by, his son learned the complete art of sculpturing. He was helping his father along with his studies.
However, other sculptors in the area closed their shops and went for other jobs. They frequently advised the father, “Leave this work and look for any other source of income. You will never earn from this.” But the father continued selling the sculptures.
One day, a businessman was traveling and saw the sculptures shining like gold in the sun’s rays. He visited the shop and explored the sculptures. Then he told his father, “These sculptures are awesome and they have huge demand in other countries. Can we both do business together? You make the sculpture and I sell it.” Father and son were happy with the offer from the businessman and they agreed. They started making more Sculptures and soon their business grew multi-fold.
Why could the father succeed in the end? It is because he always had faith and hope in his work. He understood that sculpturing was a challenging job as the source of income wasn’t diversified enough and could only earn a little. It seemed to be no light at the end of the tunnel when other fellow sculptors acknowledged this fact and abandon sculpturing as their occupation. However, the father neither lost his faith nor his hope in pursuing his passion of sculpting and still believed that one day he could benefit from his perseverance. Finally, it paid off and he got rewarded.
The above story proves that faith and hope is indisputably pivotal in our lives. But how can we achieve them? We would like to share some measures that might be effective to you.
First and foremost, we could help others more. Sometimes the greatest strength we can receive comes through helping others in need. Love is always there for us to draw upon, and it’s easiest for us to see when we decide to share it freely with others. We could try to surround ourselves with faithful people as well, because they could serve as our inspirations to keep our faith. Last but not least, as Catholics, we should pray to God on a daily basis. Ask God to hold your faith up and keep you motivated at all times.
In Psalm Verse 147 phrase 11, it says “Rather the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
those who put their hope in his mercy.” As aforementioned, praying is one of the greatest ways to build up our faith and hope.
3L
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