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Michelangelo was asked how he managed to carve such exquisite statues fr0m a square of marble.
He said “I saw the angel within and simply chipped away at her until she revealed herself to me”
Imagine if he had looked at those huge blocks of marble and said, “You know what? It’s too hard and will take too long to make that look like a woman nursing her child. MY statue of David is a great idea but honestly, how hard is it going to be to get right? My hands will hurt and probably bleed from the repeated beating of the chisel against stone. My body will ache from the hours I have to put in to get it even close to looking like a person let alone a great work of art. And how long will it take? It might take me a whole year or more. If I can’t do it right now then I really think I won’t bother. It’s just too hard.”
There are angels within all of us. Crusher used to tell me that the body of a goddess was within me but she was currently covered by a velvety curtain of fat but that each time I went for a run that curtain was raised a little higher until eventually she would be revealed to all.
You too are a beautiful angel and everything you do can and will chip away at the stone that will ultimately lead to revealing your true beautiful self. You are the artist. What you do with your life is your tool.
That is why it is better to focus on what you can do now, rather than focusing on how the heck you are going to manage to actually get to your goal. Every strike that chisel makes is one that brings the artist closer to their goal.
It is many moments that make the final picture a reality. And so today and every other day think about chipping away at the stone that holds the body of an angel.
There are so many things you can do to do this.
Eat well, exercise, don’t drink alcohol, don’t miss meals, don’t overeat, don’t binge, choose light foods, don’t eat lollies, choose water instead of sugary drinks, say no to pressure form others to eat or do things that affect your goal negatively, play a sport, eat enough to keep fuelling your metabolism, be prepared, be strong, don’t eat junk, eat fruit, love yourself, believe in yourself, have a safe house, set yourself at goal and know that body is there within you and it is your hand that will create the final picture, the final work of art.
Whether the hand is going to your mouth or whether it is driving you to the gym to work out you are the artist and you have within you all it takes to make it happen. Now go out there and empower yourself with every little thing you do because every little fleck of “stone” that gets chipped off is one that comes closer to revealing the beautiful angel within.
Shazam!
Ajay