Achieving perfection is a habit for some.

A German tourist visited a temple under construction. He saw a sculptor there, who was making the idol of a goddess, which was later to be installed in the temple. Looking around, he suddenly saw a similar statue nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you want two statues of the same goddess?" "No." The sculptor replied without looking at him. “We only need one statue, but the first statue got damaged in the final stages of making the statue.” He argued while continuing his work.

The German gentleman went to the first statue and looked at it closely but he did not find any flaw in that statue. "What is missing in this statue?" he asked confused. "There is a scratch on the nose of that statue." The sculptor, being busy with his work, replied in a very simple manner.

"Can I ask where this statue is going to be installed?" The German gentleman asked the sculptor. The sculptor replied, "This statue will be installed on a pillar about twenty feet high." "What?? If the idol has to be kept so far away, how will anyone know that there is a scratch on the idol's nose?" The gentleman asked with surprise.

The sculptor stopped his work, looked at the gentleman for the first time and said smilingly, "Who else, I don't know."

The desire to achieve excellence in something is separate from the fact whether someone notices it or not, whether someone appreciates it or not.

Even when we feel that no one is watching us, there is a constant witness to all our actions, our thoughts and our intentions and that is, our soul! We can hide something from someone else but not from ourselves.