opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls,
.. and looks like work.
Thomas Edison
Don't know if it shows, but I am filthy dirty after mowing for five hours.. The ground is so dry that the dust kicked up by the mower is thick and choking, and it takes a couple of days to get it all out of my eyes. But hopefully all that hard will pay off someday. That's the American dream - the opportunity to work hard, and do more - make more... No guarantees - only the opportunity - the freedom to make our own future, and to pass that on to our children.
There never was, and never will be, equality of outcome, because not everyone is willing to put in the same amount of effort, time, self-denial and delayed gratification.. So - we make our choices and live with them - don't we...
opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls,
.. and looks like work.
Thomas Edison
Don't know if it shows, but I am filthy dirty after mowing for five hours.. The ground is so dry that the dust kicked up by the mower is thick and choking, and it takes a couple of days to get it all out of my eyes. But hopefully all that hard will pay off someday. That's the American dream - the opportunity to work hard, and do more - make more... No guarantees - only the opportunity - the freedom to make our own future, and to pass that on to our children.
There never was, and never will be, equality of outcome, because not everyone is willing to put in the same amount of effort, time, self-denial and delayed gratification.. So - we make our choices and live with them - don't we...