June 26

When you have done your best and something frustrating happens, instead of being discouraged, examine the interference. It may mean improvement. Thorvaldsen, the famous Danish sculptor, looked with satisfaction on a finished figure of Christ he had made out of clay, with face looking toward heaven and arms extended upward. It was the imperious figure of a conqueror. 

That night, sea mist seeped into the studio, the clay relaxed, the head and arms dropped. Thorvaldsen was bitterly disappointed. But, as he studied the figure, something about it moved-him deeply.

Now Christ looked down with love and compassion. This was a greater conception. That statue, Come Unto Me, became immortal.