There is a story of an elderly carpenter who was ready to retire.The carpenter told his employer of his plan to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife, enjoying his extended family.
The employer was sorry to see his employee go and asked if he would build just one more house as a personal favour to him. The carpenter reluctantly agreed. He did sloppy work and he used inferior materials.
It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.
When the carpenter finished his work, the employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter.
"This is your house," he said. "It is my retirement gift to you"
The carpenter was shocked. If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.
(Excerpt from: The Power of Giving)
We are all carpenters. We build our life everyday. Whether we do it whole-heartedly with deep passion or not it is our life that we are building.
Life is a journey, in the end we will be held accountable for all the things we did. The day will come when we will be facing Him, alone, to be judged and be rewarded.
4 comments:
Kisah ini telah mencuit hati kak Su....bermula dari perasaan yang halus menyelinap...hati menjadi sebak dan takungan air mata tak mampu dibendung lagi......perumpamaan ini cukup mudah untuk kita fahami apa makna kehidupan dan apakah yang sedang kita lakukan terhadap kehidupan yang cukup singkat ini.....yakinilah dan berimanlah dengannya bahawa sesungguhnya kita sedang menuju kehidupan akhirat yang kekal abadi.....adik-adik yang Kak Su sayangi dan hotmati sekalian.....bacalah dengan nama tuhan Mu....buat penulisnya mudah-mudahan usaha yang kerdil ini akan memberatkan timbangan amal di akhirat nanti...Ameen
Kak Su....
Ameen. terima kasih kak Su kerana sudi membaca dan berkongsi. sama-sama kita berdoa semuga rumah abadi yang sedang dibina adalah rumah yang terletak di syurga bukan sebaliknya.
what if i do not a good carpenter at all???i do try to make this thing fix...but i do not confident that my repairment will be better..
Dear Anonymous,
A good carpenter is someone who's always willing to learn and improve him/herself.
A carpenter knows that the biggest room is the room for improvement :)
Let's learn and keep on learning..and make a lot of doa to Him.
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