A highly skilled carpenter who had grown old was ready to retire. He goes to the contractor/builder who employed him for thirty years and tells his employer he plans to retire...to live in leisure, spend more time with his wife and family and watch the grandkids grow up. He would miss the regular paycheck, but he needed to retire.
The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and he requested to build just one more house as a personal favor.
The carpenter agreed to this proposal but made sure that this will be his last project. Being in a mood to retire, the carpenter was not paying much attention to building this house. His heart was not in his work. He resorted to poor workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.
When the job was done, the carpenter called his employer and showed him the house. The employer handed over some papers and the front door key to the carpenter and said "This is your house, my gift to you."
The carpenter was in a shock! What a shame! If he had only known that he was building his own house, he would have made it better than any other house that he ever built!Everything we do, we do unto ourselves before it goes out to the world. Be sure to put love into each of your action.
We are all in the process of building our own lives. In fact, we build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.
"Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.