Rural Reflections

I thought this week I would follow-up on last week’s column with some about learning how to work. Learning how to work is best learned on the ground, behind a cash register or face to face. There is so much opportunity to learn how to work right now, it seems a shame when opportunities go unused. There’s opportunity to make money and learn how to work and it is all being left on the table with every want-ad that goes without an answer.

I loved playing football in high school and college. It was fun however I have not played football since I was 20 years old. About the same time, I was learning to play football, I was also learning to work-a skill I have used ever since. I will always recognize the value of athletics, particularly as team sports teach people how to work together and give you a lifetime desire for exercise. However, work is different-it’s also something you use more often as you age.

I want to use pitching out manure from a calf barn as an example. When you first start a job like pitching out a calf pen, it seems impossible and that you will never finish. However, you soon learn that you can persevere, even when the task ahead of you seems beyond your abilities. This is a mindset that has served me repeatedly in life. Learning the skills to perseverance takes work, literally.

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