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What lessons can you share from this short story?
A man was asked to paint a boat.
He brought with him paint and brushes and began to paint the boat a bright red, as the owner asked him.
While painting, he noticed that there was a small hole in the hull, and quietly repaired it.When finished painting, he received his money and left.
The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and presented him with a nice cheque, much higher than the payment for painting.
The painter was surprised and said “You’ve already paid me for painting the boat Sir!”“But this is not for the paint job. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat.”
“Ah! But it was such a small service… certainly it’s not worth paying me such a high amount for something so insignificant.”“My dear friend, you do not understand. Let me tell you what happened.
When I asked you to paint the boat, I forgot to mention about the hole.
When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and went on a fishing trip.
They did not know that there was a hole. I was not at home at that time.When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was desperate because I remembered that the boat had a hole.
Imagine my relief and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.
Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You saved the life of my children! I do not have enough money to pay your ‘small’ good deed.”
​So, no matter who, when or how. Just continue to help, sustain, wipe tears, listen attentively and carefully repair all the ‘leaks’ you find, because you never know when one is in need of us or when God holds a pleasant surprise for us to be helpful and important to someone​.
​You may have repaired numerous ‘boat holes’ along the way… of several people without realizing how many lives you’ve saved.
You see, some will ignore the hole and the kids will die in the process. Some repairers had the opportunity to fix the leaking hole but they ended enlarging the hole.
✨So, Keep on doing Good Works …✨?
I want to thank Everyone who Repaired my boat this year in one way or the other.Thank you for being a part of my 2021
God bless you all. -
3 Replies
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My take home lessons
Is, whatever good work
You are doing no matter how small
It is continue doing it
You will be payed upon in due
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This is very interesting
And is a lesson we should learn
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This is really sweet I cant even stop reading it,
My take home lesson is, whatever services you render, do it well, don’t just do it for the money, because what is worth doing is worth doing well
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