Once upon a time there was a man who lived in a log cabin. His name was Joe. Every day when Joe woke up he would build himself a new log cabin the very first thing. There were two reasons he did this. 1) He loved the smell of fresh cut logs. 2) He wanted to start new every day with a new scene. The problem with this is that he spent all day, everyday building this house and he didn't have any time to live in the house, and he was running out of trees in the forest nearby. He didn't have time to meet people or make connections with anyone. He was running out of resources and he was getting older. He decided that he liked a particular layout of his house one day and decided not to rebuild that day, and walk down to the local bar. After the 45 minute walk that he had to take to get there, he arrived at noon. The locals asked him his name and immediately invited him to have a drink with them. He was very cautious and shy, but soon after having a few drinks, he started to tell them his life story. He grew up in a small town, his family died, and he took up residence in the house that he's been rebuilding day after day for 3 years. They asked him why he kept rebuilding and he told them that it was because he wants a new day everyday. He wants each day to be different than the last and he doesn't want to get too attached to the physical possessions of the day before. The men sitting around him ponder this theory and they ask him why he decided to take today off of rebuilding his house. He answers with a nod and a smile and he said, I'm done rebuilding the physical possessions I have. It's time to rebuild me.
We should all take the time to rebuild ourselves.
-Sydney the Destroyer of all things nice
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