STORY TIME! =)
Friday, February 01, 2008 @ 2:07 PM
STORY TIME! =)
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire.
He told his employer-contractor of his plans
to leave the house building business and
live a more leisurely life with his wife
enjoying his extended family.
He would miss the paycheck,
but he needed to retire.
They could get by.T
he contractor was sorry to see
his good worker go and asked if he
could build just one more house
as a personal favor.
The carpenter said yes, but in 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 his career.
When the carpenter finished his work
and the builder came to inspect the house,
the contractor handed the front-door
key to the carpenter.
"This is your house," he said,
"my gift to you."
What a shock! What a shame!
If he had only known he was
building his own house,
he would have done it all so differently.
Now he had to live in the
home he had built shabbily.
So it is same with us.
We tend to build our lives
in a distracted way,
reacting rather than acting,
willing to put up less than the best.
At important points we do not give
the job our best effort.
Then with a shock we look at
the situation we have created and
find that we are now living in the
house we have built.
If we had realized it earlier,
we would have done it differently.
Think of yourself as the carpenter,
and treat your life like the house
you are building.
Each day you hammer a nail,
place a board,
or erect a wall.
Build wisely.
It is the only life you will ever build.
Even if you live it for only one day more,
that day deserves to be lived
graciously and with dignity.
The plaque on the wall says,
"Life is a do-it-yourself project.
Who could say it more clearly?
Your life today is the result
of your attitudes and choices in
the past.
Your life tomorrow will be the
result of your attitudes and
the choices you make today.
thats all- :)
DONE LIST:
`IPC practical
`CCT
`Physio quiz 3
REVISE FOR:
`physio end of semester exam
`Microbio practical theory test
`Maths final paper
`Microbio final paper
`IPC final paper
BUSY BUSY~ =(
got to start STUDYING!
off to sch for last s&w.
BYES~ =)
all the best to everyone taking
their FINAL PAPERS for yr 1~
so fast we are ending our yr 1 poly.
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