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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350757" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Wait, things are shaping up</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I approached a sculptor the other day<br>For carving a statue of <br>Gautama Buddha <br>He asked me a number of questions<br>Some of them were far stretched<br>Though I answered all of them<br>I was thinking within that<br>All these details were unnecessary <br>He could read my mind and said<br>These details were needed to help me<br>Come out with what exactly you were looking for<br>He suggested my coming to him <br>Two weeks later<br>Why so long and he said<br>Wait things are shaping up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two weeks later<br>I saw practically no progress<br>He showed me a granite block<br>Which he said he would carve<br>As Gautama Buddha<br>He suggested me to visit him<br>Two weeks later<br>“Do you not think we are delaying? ” <br>I asked and he said<br>Wait things are shaping up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I went to him as suggested<br>No change at all<br>The block was under water<br>And carving had not started<br>He said that this curing process<br>Would help him understand<br>The quality of the block<br>And he opined<br>That we were lucky in<br>Selecting the right granite<br>And he suggested my visiting him<br>A week later<br>“Yes, I know you are wondering<br>As to why it is taking so much time”<br>How he could say even without my telling that<br>He continued<br>Wait, things are shaping up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A week later<br>No great change<br>But the block got castled here and there<br>No where near my expectations<br>“Come after three days and see”<br>But, he assured<br>Wait, things are shaping up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I made four visits later<br>At intervals of three, two and one days<br>I could not make out head or tail<br>Of what was happening<br>But, each time I returned<br>Hearing his words<br>Wait, things are shaping up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was wondering <br>Are things really shaping up<br>Or am I being fooled<br>I did not visit him for<br>Full three months<br>As I was sure that<br>I would not be able to appreciate<br>The progress that the sculptor<br>Would be claiming to have made</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One day, there was a call from him<br>“Come and see your Gautama Buddha”<br>I was not excited<br>I visited his place in all reluctance<br>And was preparing to hear <br>Wait, things are shaping up<br>But, what a surprise<br>Saw my Gautama Buddha<br>In a shape and carving<br>Beyond my belief<br>And I was not able to control my excitement<br>“I know you are wondering how this could be possible<br>But, you know, I was telling each time you visited that<br>Wait, things are shaping up”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We all do prayers seeking some change<br>And we wonder as to when the change would fructify<br>God, like a sculptor is shaping things<br>But, he never tells<br>Wait, things are shaping up</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q>
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For carving a statue of 
Gautama Buddha 
He asked me a number of questions
Some of them were far stretched
Though I answered all of them
I was thinking within that
All these details were unnecessary 
He could ..."></div>
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