As a young boy, my parents taught me to be a man of action. Chores were a regular part of my childhood and deep cleaning was the ultimate source of punishment. Fighting with my brother resulted in hours of weeding the rose garden while my other sibling would be sanding the garage preparing it for a good painting. This might have been my parents’ scheme to clean up the house, but I think it was something passed down to them by their parents and the generation before them. The country was built with the sweat and blood of millions of people coming to America looking for something better then they knew.

So, now I look at the world…well the younger generations especially. I see us just getting by, hoping everything will turn out okay, hoping that the grownups will figure out the world’s problems so we can stay up till 3 in the morning and continue our quest to become a level 70 commander on “Call of Duty” OR so we get back to the TV and finally watch the last 3 episodes of all of our favorite sitcoms - “Biggest Loser”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “The Office”, “Modern Family”, “The Bachelor”, “Chuck”, AND “Community”. It’s kind of sad….but there are people, a lot of people, whose lives revolve around NOTHING. Because at the end of the day, watching TV and playing games doesn’t motivate YOU or anyone around you accomplish anything!
SO…I outlined the problem, now how about a SOLUTION!!! The truth is there is no easy solution. The solution is DOING, being the person you wish you could become. The first step is always the hardest, but there are a lot of ordinary people who have accomplished a lot of extraordinary things simply by taking one step in the direction of excellence.

Emerson also wrote, “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
I know we as individuals are capable of GREAT things! It doesn’t matter what situation we are currently in, it only matters in what direction we’re headed!
DOnt quIT
Good post brother, very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteThis is the beginning of a great book!
ReplyDeleteGREAT!!! It is inspiring!!! I needed this.
pure gold James
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post! It was awesome! I need to hear that on a regular basis.
ReplyDeleteEpic ness is your middle name Funk
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