I'm sure you've heard of the story of the Cathedral and the different interpretations from three builders involved in its construction. The version I've found inspiring to date (for there are different versions) is that of the Salisbury Cathedral as narrated by writer John Girard.
The story goes that some 800 odd years ago, a traveler passed a group of men who were constructing what seemed to be a grand building. The traveler asked the first builder what he was building and quite unenthusiastically, his response was, "I am a stone-cutter. I am merely cutting stones."
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