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As for now for those who was not able to read my book completely I’m sending one charming peace for your inspiration.
Looking forward to hear from you! Stutisheel
MOVING ROCKS
Tasks Beyond Our Strength
Esoteric project management is associated with attracting forces that have more power than our ordinary human capabilities. Applying power to ‘bottlenecks’, decreasing the probability of risk, powerfully motivating the project team and—most importantly—having a Vision for the entire project are all essential. That’s why I focus on the development of inner strength and the use of spiritual practices in management. In this chapter, I would like to share a story that I hope will help you cope with any problems that seem to be beyond your strength.
Parable
A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy dug around the rock, managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With a little bit of struggle, he pushed and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. (He was a very small boy, and the rock was very large.) When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox however, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and over the little wall.
Determined, the little boy shoved, pushed, and pried, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy grunted, struggled, pushed, & shoved; but his only reward was to have the rock roll back, smashing his chubby fingers.
Finally he burst into tears of frustration. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window as the drama unfolded. At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow fell across the boy and the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but firmly he said,
”Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had available?”
Defeated, the boy sobbed back,
”But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!”
”No, son,” corrected the father kindly.
”You didn’t use all the strength you had. You didn’t ask me.”
With that the father reached down, picked up the rock and removed it from the sandbox.
Do you have ”rocks” in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don’t have what it takes to lift them? There is One who is always available to us and willing to give us the strength we need. Isn’t it funny how we try so hard to do things ourselves.
