Salt of the Earth: A Farmer's Work Ethic
February 6th 2008 03:13
This is part of a letter my grandad sent to me about working on our family farm. Thought I would share it with you guys as it meant a lot to me.
February 1969
A strong work ethic combined with the ability to focus, and exhibit leadership and courage, can make people of average intelligence appear to be genuises. There are three ways to harvest the "fruit of labor and intelligence:
1. Study or obtain knowledge in books, experience, and observing and listening to others
2. Focus and immerse yourself completely on the task at hand.
3. Act on what you learned without fear.
Mistakes are inevitable whether or not a person possesses true genuis. It is possible to achieve great things through a stong work ethic. Hard work matters, and persistence always pays in the end whether it is at work or with the folks whom you love.
February 1969
A strong work ethic combined with the ability to focus, and exhibit leadership and courage, can make people of average intelligence appear to be genuises. There are three ways to harvest the "fruit of labor and intelligence:
1. Study or obtain knowledge in books, experience, and observing and listening to others
2. Focus and immerse yourself completely on the task at hand.
3. Act on what you learned without fear.
Mistakes are inevitable whether or not a person possesses true genuis. It is possible to achieve great things through a stong work ethic. Hard work matters, and persistence always pays in the end whether it is at work or with the folks whom you love.
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Comment by Tracy
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Comment by Miswanderlust
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Thanks so much for your kind words!
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Comment by grumpy
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It takes a lot of courage to put yourself into the hands of the gods and go it alone. Your grandfather's advice is a nutshell reminder of what it takes: right thinking, right action, right judgement and an unflinching faith in the essential dignity of of the human spirit.
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So nice to meet your acquaintance. Thanks for your wise words and insight. Thanks for stopping by, reading, and commenting.
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Comment by Miswanderlust
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AGREED!
Glad to see you
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Comment by katyzzz
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I think farmers are the salt of the earth, no one has it tougher.
Glad to have something first hand.
Comment by Miswanderlust
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Friend ornery persistence will come through.... I am sure of it :0)
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