A Bar of Iron Can be Turned into A Needle

If we have a wish, persistence, and determination, we can turn a continually rubbed bar of iron into a needle.

Once upon a time, in mainland Indonesia, there's a big tradesman named Deni who has childhood experience which could change his mindset. Here the story goes...

Once, Deni was a little boy who lived in a secluded village. He was a naughty and stubborn child, he kept leaving his reading and writing classes which he had to attend. Instead, he preferred playing around the river or just cycling around the village.

One day whilst Deni was playing around a river, he saw an old woman who was doing repeated actions endlessly. She seemed to rub something onto a stone. A couple of days later, Deni kept on seeing the same thing. This old woman activity arose his curiosity. Then, one day Deni encouraged himself to approach her and the conversation went as follows:

"Nanny, I've been watching you doing the same thing over and over again for the last couple of days. What are you doing?"

"I am rubbing this bar of iron my boy..."

Deni found himself to be even more puzzled by this answer.

"What do you want to do that for?"

"I am going to turn this bar of iron into a needle!"

Deni frowned his eyebrows in disbelief and said, "What?... That's not possible Nanny. How can you turn a bar of iron into a needle?"

The old woman answered, "As long as we have the wish, persistence, will, patience, faith, and endless effort, and keep on rubbing this bar of iron, one day this bar will turn into a needle...".

Deni was unnerved by her answer. The conversation strongly stuck into his mind and conscience. This experience really turned his mentality and made him a diligent, discipline, and responsible student. After Deni grew up he became one of the most famous tradesman and his conversation with the old woman became his life philosophy. "As long as you have determination, a bar of iron can be turned into a needle."

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