Theme: Perform, sincerely, always !
Short Story 12
The Jakku’s last assignment
This story is about a mason called Jakku. He was old. One day he decided to quit the professional life. There is an end for everything in life. So thought the old mason, he would stop working.
The old mason conveyed his master, a building contractor, of his plan to quit construction work.
He thanked his master for the generous pay that he gave him throughout his career. The contractor was sorry to learn that a dependable, good artisan was not part of his team any more.
The contractor asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. Jack reluctantly agreed even though he did not want to.
The result was a shoddy workmanship, poor quality of the material he used.
The quality of his work was the reflection of his mind that he was uninterested in the work. He knew that it was a bad to end his good career.
When the mason finished his work the builder came to inspect the house.
The master cum contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “It is my gift to your sincerity, honesty and good work done for several decades.”
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 notso well.
So it is with us.
Imagine yourself in the place of the mason in the story. Remember that every house you build is yours. Even if you live for only one day more, that last day deserves to be lived equally graciously.
Theme: Avoid a fool’s company.
Know this:
(1)It is possible to find more fools than knowledgeable people in the society.
(2) Knowledgeable people cannot be easily cheated.
(3) Fools can be exploited and enslaved.
(4) We may feel safer in the company of fools than people with knowledge.
(5) But yet, it is dangerous to associate with fools.