Posted by
Doug Breazeale on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 12:59:53 PM
When America was founded, hard work was the daily order of business.
You rose early, labored long with your hands, planting, hunting, fishing, cooking or cleaning. You were in touch with what was most important survival.
If you wanted to eat you had to earn it, there was no fast food, unless you count that as a deer running away from you, so you had to hunt.
If you wanted to go to town to buy food, well it wasn’t like today at all. First you had to have money, credit was seldom allowed and very often had strings attached like working for it for them. Then you had to choose your mode of transportation. There were no SUV’s, Trucks, Cars or Mopeds, you had feet, a mule, horse or wagon, and maybe if you were rich you had a carriage. Then you had to travel there and back in enough time to allow you to make a safe journey.
Not many alive today know what it was like to walk to town, or raise your own food.
Not many today know what it was like to have a home you felt safe enough in to leave the doors unlocked at night.
Not too many of us know what it was like to wear clothes that your mom made for you.
That’s what is missing, the perspective on where we came from and how far we advanced in a very short time.
America grew from a small community into a world power almost as fast we changed how the journey was made.
Now we have to take a moment and remember what made us great.
Hard Work, Self Reliance, Determination and the willing to win are just a part, God, Family and Love of our country put us over the top.
The next time you go to local Mall, think back about this one thing.
Less than 40 years ago, Mall’s were few and far between.
The way this changed was that someone had to work to build it.
It wasn't given to you,.
It isn’t your personal property.
It wasn’t always here.
It had to be built by hand.
Take a moment to appreciate what you have and spend less time wanting something new and remember the ones who helped you get this new world.
We do owe those that lived before our thanks, else we would not have our country or land like we do today.