WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD I DROVE A 53 INTERNATIONAL PICKUP TO OUR COUNTRY STORE NEARLY EVERYDAY TO BUY A 25 CENT PACK OF CIGARETTES FOR MY PARENTS. I WORKED AT MY FRIENDS CHICKEN FARM. THEY HAD 22,000 CHICKENS THAT ME AND TIM WOULD FEED, WATER, AND GATHER THE EGGS OFF THE FLOOR. $.75 AN HOUR. I ALSO SHINED SHOES AFTER THAT FOR $.25 A PAIR. I WENT HOME AND FED OUR COWS AND MILKED OUR JERSEY; SOMETIMES WE HAD HOGS THAT I HAD TO FEED. I HAULED HAY, HOED COTTON,BUILT FENCES AND DID THIS MOST OF MY LIFE. AT 12 MY FATHER HAD ME WORKING WITH HIM 7 DAYS A WEEK DRILLING WATER WELLS.AT 14, ONE DAY, I HAD TO BRING OUT 720 FEET OF PIPE OUT OF THE WELL BY MYSELF WHILE DADDY WENT TO WICHITA FALLS FOR A NEW DRILLBIT. HOT AS HELL IN THE SUMMER AND COLD AS HELL IN THE WINTER. I MISSED 39 DAYS OF SCHOOL MY FRESHMAN YEAR BECAUSE MY PARENTS NEEDED THE MONEY. I WAS PAID A WHOPPING $500.00 EACH YEAR FOR 6 YEARS. I GOT TO SEE MY CHECK LONG ENOUGH TO ENDORSE IT AND GIVE IT TO MY MOTHER TO PAY SOME BILLS, BUY SOME GROCERIES, AND SOME SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR ME AND MY 2 SISTERS. LATER, I WORKED WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGEIN A FERTILIZER PLANT AND PAID FOR IT MYSELF. I BOUGHT MY OWN CLOTHES, MY CAR AND GASOLINE. I DID LIVE AT HOME. HOWEVER, I STILL DID CHORES AND WHATEVER MY DAD WANTED ME TO DO. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS WERE USUSALLY MY ONLY FREE TIME. I BECAME A FIREMAN AND WORKED THERE AND DID CARPENTRY ON MY DAYS OFF. I WORKED 2 AND A FEW YEARS 3 JOBS AT A TIME TO TRY AND GET AHEAD. I WAS NEVER GIVEN ANYTHING, NO UNEMPLOYMENT...BECAUSE I WOULD DO ANYTHING AND WASNT UNEMPLOYED. I WAS NEVER GIVEN ANYTHING, NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING, AND NEVER EXPECTED ANYTHING. THE MORAL OF MY STORY IS I DONT FEEL SORRY FOR ANYONE THAT SITS ON THEIR BUTT AND THINKS THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT THAT SOMEONE ELSE OWES THEM A LIVING, OR THE HARD JOBS ARE BENEATH THEM. YOU THINK YOU ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN $60 A DAY ON MINIMUM WAGE, THEN WORK 12 HOURS AND MAKE $90. GO TO COLLEGE PART TIME, A TRADE SCHOOL, BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL. MY THEORY IS YOU HAVE TO CRAWL BEFORE YOU WALK, AND WALK BEFORE YOU RUN. QUIT LOOKING FOR AN EASY WAY OUT, ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND CLIMB ON. NOBODY. NOT EVEN YOUR PARENTS OWE YOU ANYTHING EXCEPT REPECT AND AN HONEST DAYS PAY FOR AN HONEST DAYS WORK. COMMIT TO JESUS CHRIST, WORK YOUR WAY TO THE TOP, AND FIND YOU A CHRISTIAN GAL THAT KNOWS HOW TO CAN FOOD. THIS MY FRIEND IS BETTER THAN ANY HANDOUT THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE. YOU ARE THE ANSWER NOT UNCLE SAM. FYI: I GIVE MY TIME, MONEY, AND LOVE TO THOSE THAT NEED IT. IM FOR ANY ASSISTANCE FOR ANYONE THAT REALLY NEED IT. NOT FOR SOME YOUNG HEALTHY PERSON THAT CANT AND WONT ENTERTAIN ANY IDEAS OF DIRTY FINGERNAILS AND SWEAT. THE FIRST THING FOR ANYONE TO GET AHEAD IS TO STAND UP AND MOVE. THIS IS MY STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WHATS YOURS? BTW, MY FIRST MINIMUM WAGE JOB PAID $1.75 AN HOUR AND NEVER GOT MORE THAN A 25 CENT RAISE AT A TIME. HAPPY TRAILS!
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:37:27 +0000
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