Building your house

After reading different stories from @Pearlkel I feel inspired and decided to write mine too. So I came up with the story of an elderly carpenter who wants to retire from his work because he found it difficult to spend more time with his family. Feel free to go through it.

Here we go

One day an elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. Because he has been working for years and hardly sees his family spending time with them. He only managed to visit them, once in a blue moon. He also said to his co-worker, that when he retired he would miss the paycheck that the boss always gives to them every week. He said to them that they should have his share and share it between themselves. His co-workers were all happy about his retirement.

The contractor/boss was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. At first, he node his head and said no but after he think about it he went to the contractors and said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his body was working but his heart was not working. because all he has in his mind is to retire. After a few days of working, he was so fast that he managed to finish the building in a few days. He restored shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. it was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect that house. He see how he managed to finish the work in just a few days. He nodded his head and smiled at him. After a few hours of discussion then he handed the front door key 🔑 🚪 to the carpenter and said, This is your house..... I gifted it to you because of how dedicated you have been all this while.

The carpenter was shocked!😧😤 and said to himself silently, if I had known I would have built it with the best building material in the world.

What a shame if he had known he was the owner of the house he was building, he would have done it all so differently.

Conclusion

So it is with us. 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.

But you cannot do it back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer to nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project. " Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" 🏠 you live tomorrow. Therefore, Build it wisely.

May God bless you all for reading👏🏼and also my gratitude to everyone who encourages me in my first article. Thanks for the advice and instructions may God bless you all abundantly in every area of your life.

All images from Unsplash except for the last one which was designed by me with Corel draw 13

Thanks once again👏🏼

New year's in 3days time, I pray we all live to witness the coming year and more years to come.

Happy New year in advance🎊🎊🎊

Stay blessed and remain blessed🤗