Have you ever seen a beaver's home? It looks so shabby, it's almost like a pile of mud and broken tree branches. But the beaver is proud of this house because it is his house. He built it with his bare hands. He spent many days tirelessly searching the forest for the right trees, the right branches, and cutting them to just the right size. He built it to keep his family warm on cold nights. Here his children will be born, and here they will grow up to become hardworking beavers, who in turn will build homes for their families with their bare hands. The beaver built his house for keeps, and he will defend it bravely from anyone who will want to destroy it.
Compare this to somebody's pet dog, who is tied to a beautiful dog house that his owner made for him. Why do you think the dog has to be kept on a leash? It's because the dog, when you let him loose, will try to run away. He doesn't care what happens to his dog house. He is more interested in doing what he is not allowed to do, which is roam the streets on his own.
It doesn't matter if the things you have are not the best in the world. What matters is how they became yours in the first place. When you work hard to achieve something, it becomes the most precious thing in the world, and you feel like the richest man in the world because of it. But if something is given to you for free, you tend to neglect it. It may be the most expensive thing in the world, but to you it's not worth anything, and you are poorer because of this.
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