The Parable of the Potter and the Clay:
One day, a potter went and took a handful of clay to shape it. However, as the potter lifted the clay, it cried and screamed as loudly as it could, not wanting to be separated from its family, its brothers, and its sisters. The potter, however, did not pay it any mind and took it to the room where he worked. He placed it on a table and began to wet it with water. Then the clay started to cry again, "Do not wet me anymore, can't you see that you're making me soggy? Stop, please!" Once again, the potter ignored it and started to knead it. The clay cried and pleaded, "It hurts, you're hurting me, stop!"The potter then put the clay on a wheel and began to spin it and shape it. Again, the clay cried out as loudly as it could, "Please finish, I'm starting to get dizzy and it hurts. Stop shaping me, please, let me be!" Our character kept on spinning and shaping it. After a while, the potter paused for a few moments. But just when the piece of clay thought everything was done, the potter placed it into a heated oven. The piece of clay began to scream as loudly as it could, "Take me out, it's burning, I can't bear this heat anymore! It's too much. Let me out, please! I want to go back to my family. I promise I'll behave."
After some time, the potter took it out of the oven and let it cool down. Then, he began to sprinkle it with a colored and fragrant substance. Once again, the clay started to cry out, "What are you doing? Leave me, I don't want this, I don't like this smell. You're making me dirty." Some time later, the potter placed the piece of clay on a shelf next to a mirror. When it looked into the mirror, the piece of clay had now transformed into a beautifully shaped vase, adorned with well-defined stripes and various colors.
Comments (8)
Maybe in a last paragraph the heavy pot should fall off a shelf onto the potter's head and do a little rearranging of its own.
There's a bible story re "the potter and the clay" but the clay isn't sentient so it changes the focus completely, the potter is a creator not a psychopath.
I'm all for bettering one's situation in life but forcing change on 'another' with total indifference to their protests is just frightening. Can only suppose this version is for children who don't want to go to school
Something to read for inquiring minds of idolatry.
The basic idea is people assign things and other people to fulfill a purpose or an idea. Where everything fails is when expectations are not met.
But I do know what it reminded me of
But I do know what it reminded me of
Yonki