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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. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to 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 the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."

The carpenter was shocked!

What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

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 go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a 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 will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!

الكاتب:	Safwat [ الثلاثاء مارس 04, 2008 2:17 am ]
عنوان المشاركة:	Building Your House
Building Your House 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. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to 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 the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you." The carpenter was shocked! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. 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 go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a 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 will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!

الكاتب:	سنا [ الثلاثاء مارس 04, 2008 10:18 am ]
عنوان المشاركة:	Building Your House
[quote] 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. [/quote] i really liked your story and i think this is the thing that we always suffer from .we must do our best in every little thing we do in our days

الكاتب:	Nawwar [ الثلاثاء مارس 04, 2008 11:58 am ]
عنوان المشاركة:	Building Your House
this story is totally 100% percent true. Building our lives needs alot of hard working through the entire life-time and we have not to hesitate about anything that concerns life, work or family, but we have to always make sure that everything is going on its right course eventually.... i'll be sure now-on to build my house the most perfect proper way..... thanks for the great subject

الكاتب:	زمردة [ الثلاثاء مارس 04, 2008 7:33 pm ]
عنوان المشاركة:	Building Your House
Safwat, Very nice Safwat! As our prophet peace be upon him said: "If you do a work, do it perfectly" So no matter whether that work for us or for the others; it is a matter of perfection in our deeds

الكاتب:	Roula [ الأربعاء مارس 05, 2008 1:57 am ]
عنوان المشاركة:	Building Your House
thanks Safwat اقتباس: Therefore, Build wisely! This is the most difficult Since life sometimes obliges us to do things without thinking wisely... sometimes we just do things coz we need other things without caring about other facts...

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الكاتب:	Safwat [ الأربعاء مارس 05, 2008 2:01 am ]
عنوان المشاركة:	Building Your House
arty, Nawwar, Roula, زمردة, ok ...thanks

الكاتب:	Hamdi [ الأربعاء مارس 05, 2008 1:14 pm ]
عنوان المشاركة:	Building Your House
اقتباس: 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. we must learn from it that whatever we do let us ensure we give the best thanx Safwat

الكاتب:	Safwat [ الأربعاء مارس 05, 2008 8:46 pm ]
عنوان المشاركة:	Building Your House
Hamdi, Welcome Hamdi .................

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