Posted by
SLW on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:24:12 AM
He had waited many years for his dream home. Finally, after saving and searching, he was moving in. His excitement was such that in his mind his life would be perfect from now on.
Several years passed and even though there were problems with the house at times, he remained content living there. Then one day he decided to build a wall around his property. That would finally make everything perfect.
He became obsessed with the idea of the wall. After finding the perfect design he began building it. Day and night he worked. When a section was finished, he would decide that it needed to be taller or wider, and would set out to correct the problem. The wall needed to be absolutely perfect.
He spent years at the task. He thought of nothing else, and except for sleeping a few hours each night, the remainder of his time was consumed with the wall.
One day it was finally finished. He stood admiring it for hours. He walked every inch of it making sure that it had no weak spots. Now he could go back in his house and be happy.
Just as he was about to turn to go in, there was a loud sound behind him. To his utter dismay his house was crumbling to the ground.
In his preoccupation with the wall he hadn’t realized that termites had gotten into the foundation of his beautiful home and were slowly eating it away.
SLW