Do Nothing

A carpenter and his apprentice were walking through a large forest. When they came across a tall, huge, gnarled, old beautiful oak tree, the carpenter asked his apprentice "Do you know why this tree is so tall, huge, gnarled, old and beautiful?" 

The apprentice looked at his master and said "No...why?"

"Well," said the carpenter "because it's imperfections rendered it useless for what people wanted.  If it had been useful, it would have been cut down long ago and made into tables and chairs.  But instead, it was left here, untouched and allowed to grow so tall and old that now we can sit in it's shade and relax."

The lesson here is that sometimes we feel frustrated because we cannot do something now and yet we don't realize that our skills and talents are better served for another purpose.