I once read a story of a builder who was working for a businessman. The businessman built houses and sold them to people. The builder was the one who had the responsibility of building houses. The builder earned a salary while his employer earned the profit.
After working for the businessman for many years, the builder wanted to retire. His employer asked him to build one more house and then retire. The builder was not happy about this but he had no choice except to accept his employer's command.
He took up the task but since his mind was on retirement, he didn't focus on doing a good job of building as he had been all along. The house was completed but it turned out to be a shoddy piece of job with poor workmanship.
The employer inspected the house and gave the key of the house to the builder saying, "This is my gift to you for serving me all these years."
The builder was shocked. Had he known that he was building the house for himself, he would have made it a masterpiece. But now, he had to accept a shoddy piece of building as a gift!
Think of the way you live your life. Everyday you live, everything you do is a step in the process of building your life.
Some time in the future, you will get a call to take possession of what you have built over the years. If you have built your life diligently, taking care of even the little things, you will inherit for yourself a precious legacy.
If you have been living a life cheating yourself by way of procrastinating, avoiding and half-hearted functioning, you will find yourself burdened with a gift that you can't be very happy about possessing.
The choice is yours!
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