I think hard work is good and amiable to strive for. I tend to have respect for those who do the grueling work: construction workers, farmers, craftsman... people who have to have precision and raw strength at times.
I tended to not be as full of respect for those in the less stressful jobs, but it hasn’t been until recently I’ve thought about mental and emotional fatigue.
When I was honorably discharged fro the USAF, I returned to where I had grown up in Long Beach, Ca. To my dismaym, most jobs I applied for which were hard work in the esteem of others were impossible for me for the requirements were many, most of which I did not have in my resume. I was not yet 21, I was not a member of a union, I know no one who could put in a good word for me nor union members, I did not fit into the category of those who had been suffering racial injustice for so many years.
I did work hard for less than minimum wage at cleaning a dairy, bucking hay in Missouri, driving tractors, but nothing official would hire me, so I decided to go white collar. I worked for General Electric before finally goint to the Univerity of Illinois. I was educated on my own, the first of the five os us siblings, and the only of them.
During off schooling time I did dsome work for Columbia Picdtures......…..
Now, I have struggled more than a salmon swimming upstream to spawn all of my life. I am 7s5 and I still struggle, but it has become much easier. Due to my loss of vision I must either walk or take cabs to most plces where I live for a lack of public transportation to many of my destinations. I have walked instead of using taxis since I reckoned about 40,00 a year would be my transport expenses.
Bottom line and crux of this post is, ev eryone has to make his way through this age, and only Jesus Christ makes it tolerable. Admire everyone or no one. Actually we are all safest reserv ing our admiration for Jesus Chris.
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