THE HOUSE BUILDER

Anonymous

We are the builders of our future

An elderly carpenter was about to retire. His employer asked from him

one last favour: “Kindly, before you retire, build one more house for a

friend of mine.”

The carpenter feeling obliged to his employer had to say yes. However,

with the thought of his retirement, he did his building job in a great

hurry and in a sloppy way. The final work was poor and shoddy.

When the house was completed, the employer handed over to him the

key of the new house and said: “My friend, this house is my gift to you

for your long years of serving me. Enjoy it!”

The carpenter, in a shock, said to himself: ”Oh, if I had known that

this house was to be my house, I would have built it in greater earnest

and in a much thorough way! Now, I’ll have to live in it, whether I like

it or not, till the end of my days”

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Each day when we do anything at all, - unawares - we build the house

of our future, where we shall have to live until the end of our days

Someone said: Life is a do-it-yourself project

The attitudes we have, and the choices we make today, build the

success and the happiness of our tomorrow

Carefully and wisely, build today your future

Courtesy:

Rev. Fr. Jerry S.J.

Gujarat Sahitya Prakash