There was once a sculptor who spent months carving a statue from a massive block of stone.
Every day, people passed him, shaking their heads.
"That’s too big."
"You’re wasting your time."
"No one cares about statues anymore."
But he kept carving.
One day, someone finally stopped and asked, "How did you know there was a statue in that rock?"
He answered, "I didn’t. I just knew what didn’t belong - and I chipped away everything that wasn’t it."
That’s what this work is.
It’s not always about knowing what the masterpiece will look like.
It’s about showing up every day and removing what doesn’t serve.
The noise. The doubt. The lies you were taught to believe about yourself.
What’s left after that?
Truth. Voice. Power. Purpose.
Chip away. Keep going.
[James Barbour]