The Art of Becoming
Who are you, truly? The sculptor or the sculpture? The hand that shapes, or the form being shaped? Or perhaps both, a quiet dance between creation and creator.
There was once a poor man who spent his entire life carving a single piece of wood. Day after day, he poured his breath and soul into it. Strangers offered him fortunes, calling it perfect. But he never sold it. They saw beauty. He saw what was still left to carve. The sculpture had become a mirror of his inner world, a reflection of his becoming.
We, too, begin as untouched wood. Before we know ourselves, life makes its first cuts: parents, culture, trauma, praise, beliefs, each leaves a mark. Much of what we call “me” is a sculpture shaped by others long before we ever hold the tools.
But a moment comes, sometimes soft, sometimes shattering, when the chisel is placed in our own hands. In that moment, we are invited to become sculptors of ourselves. Some keep carving, refining, evolving. Others set the tools down and say, “This is just who I am.” Yet the moment we stop shaping ourselves, we begin to harden, not into masterpieces, but monuments to who we used to be.
We spend years trying to rearrange the outside world, relationships, jobs, circumstances, forgetting that transformation begins within. The world is only a mirror. When you refine your inner form, life reorganizes around you. When you light the flame within, the shadows outside naturally fade.
Ask yourself: Are you still carving your inner sculpture, or have you surrendered to old stories and inherited beliefs? Are you shaping your days, or allowing life to shape you unconsciously? And just as importantly, what marks are you carving into others, your children, your partner, your community?
We are both sculptor and sculpture. Every thought is a stroke. Every word shapes. Every action refines or erodes. The masterpiece of your life is not something you find, it is something you create, breath by breath, decision by decision.
As Mahatma Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” So, pick up the chisel with reverence. Sculpt yourself into the light you were meant to embody. And remember: each time you shape yourself, you shape the world. You are the stone. You are the sculptor. And the world is waiting for your masterpiece.
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Author: Maurice "Mao" Correa
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ReplyDeleteWonderful, As always.
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