This picture to you may just look like a broken down, falling apart, barely mobile, ALMOST 40 year old lawn mower!
And...
For the most part...you would be partially correct!
However as of yesterday...after one single pull on the fraying pull cord...SHE started right up and purrs like a baby kitten!
Well...maybe doesn't purr but SHE definitely still does the trick!
You see this lawn mover was my grandfathers and then my stepdads and then was basically left for dead until I grabbed it at the age of 25 and for almost 22 years has never let me down!
I haven't put oil in the engine EVER and at this point I am terrified that if I change up anything...it might be time to put her out into the machine parts graveyard.
OK Jake...what does this have to do with anything!
One thing my mom taught me at a young age and my step-dad reconfirmed right behind her was...nothing worth achieving ever comes without hard work!
At some point in time the hard work ethos shifted to lets find the easy way out!
How can we get faster running without working hard?
How can we get the promotion without working hard?
How can I raise three kids without working hard?
How can we write a best seller without working hard?
How can we lose all that weight without working hard?
How can we get a college scholarship without working hard?
How can we fall in love without working hard?
The list goes on but what never changes is...to accomplish any dream, to score any goal, to cross an ocean swimming...TAKES HARD WORK!
In the last 5 years we have bought three fridges, two dishwashers, two weed eaters, three grills and probably a few other disappointing purchases.
Where a few of those cheap purchases? SURE!
The main problem I see though is...things are just not made the way they use to be made!
Same goes with work ethic...work hard...get results or learn!
Take the easy way out...typically get let down and quit!
Scroll through social media and you will see five dozen ways to lose weight, run faster, increase your testosterone or become an overnight success! Typically all lies and just an eye catch for you to buy something!
When if you just shut your phone down and got dirty in the realm you are pursuing...
Success will eventually come knocking on your door and it won't be a flash in the pan!
If you find yourself succeeding without much effort...
Either...
Your GOAL was too small...
Or...
Your results will be gone tomorrow...
Always Crush Life!
Go be great and MAKE IT COUNT!
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