Sharpen your Brain

Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter ask for a job in a timber
merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the work
conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his
best.
His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to
work.
The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees "Congratulations," the
boss said. "Go on that way!"
Very motivated for the boss' words, the woodcutter try harder the next
day, but he only could bring 15 trees. The third day he try even harder,
but he only could bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and
less trees.
"I must be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought. He went to the
boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going
on.
"When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" the boss asked.
"Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying
to cut trees.
Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don't take time
to "sharpen the axe."
In today's world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less
happier than ever.
Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay sharp?
There's nothing wrong with activity and hard work.
But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly
important things in life,
like taking time to pray, to read, care for personal life .
We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to learn and grow.
If we don't take time to sharpen the axe, we will become dull and lose
our effectiveness.
So start Today, Think about the ways by which you could do your job
more effectively and add a lot of value to it .