WORKING HARD

We hear a lot these days about how hard and difficult the lives of the wealthy have been.  How the Clintons came out of the White House in debt and had to worked hard to erase it, for example.  Anyone who has a mortgage is probably in debt.  You want to know what working hard is, I'll tell you what working hard is:

Jack hammering up a concrete driveway and loading the blocks of concrete into a truck.  That's working hard.

The guys that move your davenports, piano's (without scratching them), and file cabinets when you move.  That's working hard.

Picking oranges in Florida, putting them into bushel baskets, and carrying them and tossing them into a truck.  That working hard.

Carrying an air conditioner up into an attic or roof top so that the occupants can be cool.  that's working hard.

And you aren't going to get rich doing any of these sorts of things, though as an air conditioning technician, you might get to own your own modest home.  Heck, you aren't going to make as much in a lifetime of work as the median CEO's bonus.

I worked long hours of study, developed my memory, and increased my power of concentration in college to be able to do something I liked to do part of the time and there was also a lot of luck, assists from others, and heart break among the emotional highs.  But I also did this so that I wouldn't have to work hard.

Working long hours, wheeling and dealing, speaking, needing some luck, and doing something you like to do isn't workin hard.

Common! Cut it out.