I tend to agree with Clay. Both the wife and I have set examples of how it takes hard work and extra effort to be successful, both personally and professionally. The youngest seems to get it for the most part but the oldest never has. He’s more about excuses and why he can’t do something. We are very confused by this as he’s always been held accountable for his actions as his younger brother has, too.
All I can think of is working behind a hay wagon in 90 degree heat and humidity in August in long sleeves and jeans for 12-14 hours a day. Holy. I would go home and pretty much fall into bed, exhausted, and get up and do it again the next day. Come the weekend I had money in my pocket and gas in the tank and was ready to have some fun. Many young people we see today just seem to be interested in doing the absolute minimum to get by and just want to have fun. It’s not like the “I want what you have but I haven’t realized I have to work hard to get it” thing, it almost seems like a general malaise. I understand the age gap and how we view ourselves versus our “kids”, but I don’t think this is anything that our parents saw. -D > On Feb 19, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > clay wrote: >> None of the kids around now are willing to put forth the effort on school >> work either. > > I don't buy this. Someone is feeding us a line. Something ain't > right. It is our fault, you know. We fathered and trained this > generation. Self introspection - what did I NOT do? Sad. > tin-man > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
