Climbing the Mountain

  If two people are trying to climb a mountain together, what's the most important  thing they need to get to the top? Is it equipment ? Or training ? Or teamwork? Or favourable weather conditions?
  Well, they need all of these for sure. But the most important thing is the mountain itself. They need a clear goal!

Breaking Stones. And Building Monuments

It happened some years ago on a deserted street in Rome. It was a hot sunny afternoon. A woman was walking down the street, shopping bags in her hands, whistling a tune to herself, when she noticed a group group of labourers breaking stones by the roadside. Clack-clack ... clack-clack ...  they went as their hammers pounded on the stones, splitting them into smaller and smaller bits.
  Intrigued, the woman went up to one of the workmen and asked him what he was doing. 'Can't you see?' came the rather terse reply , as the man looked up and wiped the sweat from his brow. 'I am breaking stones.'