The summer seems to be closing in fast. No one wants to admit it or even think about it ending. This has truly been an incredible summer. Warm weather, tons of activities and a veritable string of lazy days continuing end upon end. Golf, swimming, barbecues, vacations and simply enjoying the good life.
Some of us may truly be in shock when we read our air conditioning bill for the past month or two. Especially those of us that have set up our families in the proverbial
McMansions without any economic aid packages from mommy or daddy.
These kind of men, our men, are truly the guys with the balls, guts, passion and vision to pull themselves up from very humble beginnings to create their own success. They still get pissed off when they see a $1100 air conditioning bill. We love guys like this. These are the guys that represent the life's blood of the country.
Many of us work hard for the McMansion life. Nice clothes, nice cars, good looking wives and children, all bundled up in a nice little 6000 sq ft McMansion neighborhood.
The good life is truly a blessing, for those of us smart enough to appreciate it along the way.
As summer closes in fast, NOW might the best time to appreciate what you have. First and foremost appreciate yourself for the hard work, dedication and commitment to stay with the ship. To stay with yourself. Never ever give up on you. Fight and then keep fighting to stay healthy, challenged and alive. Embrace your life. Cherish it. Love it and then pat yourself on the back for not exploding on the world. You have earned it !!!
Enjoy the rest of your summer!!!!!
Frank
1 comment:
McMansions? Pfft.
Yes, here we are in August.
Do we delude ourselves? Do we really want McMansions?
We men are in a weird spot today. We work harder and harder to get less and less. It's insane.
Housing prices have soared. Why? For one reason, because we have paid such prices. Building materials have increased in cost, but not astronomically. The workers aren't get paid that much. When we pay half a million dollars for a condo the size of a closet, someone is making a hell of a lot of money!
We "need" two incomes just to get by in our overpriced society. Why? In large measure, because women wanted to be men and went to work outside the home. It's not politically correct to say that, but it's the truth. With all those millions of extra people in the work force, the buying power of each person's income dropped dramatically because productivity did not rise to levels that matched the influx of workers. As a result, a dollar in our pockets today buys a lot less than a dollar possessed by our fathers when they were our ages.
I'll tell you who our kind of guy is. Our kind of guy is the man who is not afraid to define success on his own terms. He's got the confidence and the courage to challenge the prevailing notions about what society and "they" define as a man's success. That's our kind of guy. When we meet him, we will buy him a beer.
Finally, the introductory paragraph to the "Where Is The Summer Going ???" blog entry says:
"As summer closes in fast, NOW might the best time to appreciate what you have."
I agree, but let me add to that. NOW is the only time to appreciate what we have.
The 13th-century Chinese poet, Wu-men (1183-1260) wrote about this issue. His words seem especially appropriate as we contemplate and savor the summer.
"Ten thousand flowers in spring,
the moon in autumn,
A cool breeze in summer,
snow in winter.
If your mind is not clouded by unnecessary things,
This is the best season of your life."
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