The Carpenter’s Last House
An old carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer, a builder, of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife and family. The builder was sorry to see his good worker go and asked for one last favor — to build just one more house.
The carpenter agreed, but his heart wasn’t in it. He used shoddy workmanship and inferior materials. When he finished, the builder came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front door key to the carpenter.
"This is your house," he said. "It's my gift to you."
The carpenter was shocked. If only he had known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.
Moral:
Every day, we build our life — sometimes with care, sometimes carelessly. But what we build, we must live in. So build wisely.
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