The Carpenter

An old carpenter about to retire is telling his boss about his plans to stop  working with construction and enjoy life with his wife and kids. 

He is so  excited about retiring that he wasn’t even looking forward to the paycheck of that month. All he wanted was  to retire.

The boss was upset about losing a good worker and as a personal favor asked  the man to work on the construction of one last house.

The old carpenter didn’t want to accept it but he couldn’t deny his boss one  last favor. 

So he took the job but it was clear that his heart wasn’t on it. 

Consequently he was careless and ended up using bad quality material in the  construction of the house. 

It was a sad way to finish such an excellent  career with so many years of total dedication.

When the house was done his boss was there to inspect it. He gave the key of  the house to the old carpenter and said "This is your house. 

It’s a gift for  you after so many years of hard work."

The carpenter was shocked "What a shame!!! He thought. 

If he had known that it was his house he would have done things differently. 

That’s how it is with all of us.

We construct our day-to-day lives carelessly without giving the proper  attention. 

And then we have to live in the house we built. 

Afterwards we think that we could have done things in a different way. But  time doesn’t come back - too late now.

Remember that you are the carpenter of your own life.

You construct your life a little bit per day- you hit a nail here, build a  wall there and so on. 

Life is a do-it-yourself project.

Your acts and choices now will build the house you will live in later on. 

So do it right.

Work as if you need no money ....

Love as if you had never been hurt ...

Dance as if nobody is looking .... and Sing as if nobody is listening.

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