The Three Little Pigs – Portland, Maine

 

Once upon a time there were three little pigs.  Told to build houses by mommy, they did.  One built a house of straw in an afternoon.  The other a house of sticks in a couple days.  The third a house of bricks in a couple months.  When the wolf came, he blew the house of straw and that of sticks down, leaving the third pig with the house of bricks an only child.

 

The time and effort we put into our bodies and minds will protect us from having our houses blown down.  It’s not a new concept but an old one, one that is becoming harder and harder for people to grasp.  And before you say that you don’t want to waste time now for when you are old, you want to live now, just remember the three little pigs.  The house of straw was put up in a flash so that he would have more time to play.  Playtime never came.  As my 5th grade teacher Mrs. Wilkey used to say, “haste makes waste.”  Don’t let yourself go to waste.