There are definitely some awesome digital tools nowadays. Especially for people who’d like to create and sell things like words and music. (hmm, can’t think of anybody like that right now…)
And even “real job” people can create and sell with digital tools.
Yeah, I recently learned how some farmers can program big machinery to work the fields without human drivers. Whoa! That’s almost sacrilege. I mean, how’s anybody gonna get credit for a “green thumb” cheating like that? But I guess it had happen. Because manual labor is so, well, laborious. And manual.
But, as someone who makes most of his moolah using digital tools to create and sell, I can tell you this with sincere commitment. Working with your hands has always been, is now, and always will be, the most rewarding thing you can do. So, it’s sad how many Americans would rather give that all away to people who hate us.
The truly essential things, to sustain life, still require manual labor of some kind. Amazing things like:
- Farming
- Ranching
- Homebuilding
- Sewing
- Fixing things that go with all forms of work
But why get all dirty and sweaty out in some field when you can make six figures a month as a Youtube “influencer?” Or be in your early twenties and buy your third house with cash you got for showing your body. Yeah, spreading manure over a field to prepare it for next year’s crop ain’t never gonna compete wit dat.
And even big money guys who love to create and sell high-ticket how-to courses to show you how to do what they did, advocate for passing off manual labor.
But I say when Americans did the dirty work, American ingenuity rocked!
I’m kind of an old guy now. But, a few years back, I installed new spark plugs, O2 sensors, Camshaft positioning sensor, crankshaft positioning sensor, windshield washer motor, ball joints, radiator, the A/C condensor, the water pump, and more on our Jeep Wrangler. I also changed my own oil (which I personally do every 3,000 – 6,000 miles or so). I’ve also done lots of that kind of work on the classic vehicles in our garage right now.
And I’ve repaired plumbing, built all the cabinets and furniture we have in our house, installed windows, replaced carpet with hardwood flooring, and a ton of other dirty jobs.
It’s important to be able to do the dirty jobs even when you’re doing well enough to pay someone else to do them. Don’t think of them as dirty work. Think of them as the exercise you didn’t have to spend money on in stupid gyms where you smell (and come in contact with) other people’s sweat and germs. Gross.
Before you decide to take me to task because you think digital work is still work, I’ll just say I couldn’t agree more. As I mentioned, most of the money I make is done that way. But the digital world will never fulfill your senses the way the real world can. And why give the pleasure of that connection away to criminals who come to America illegally?
Why help people who are quite willing to use your tools against you. And why give in to the willing accomplices of the “angel of light?” It would be much better to use your head AND your hands to…
Take A Stand
If you take a stand and you stand for the Way,
You might never be rich.
But no gold here beats the treasure in Heaven,
And you’ll know which is which.
Angels are gonna rejoice,
And we’re gonna get to see how
The Lord will judge the ones who wait.
So better take a stand right now.
If you take a stand and you stand for the Truth,
You could lose a good friend.
But if you lose the whole wide world
And keep your soul, you win in the end.
All eyes are gonna look up.
All knees are gonna bow,
And when that time comes it’s too late.
You gotta take a stand right now.
If you take a stand and you stand for Life,
People might laugh and make fun.
And Jesus didn’t say it was gonna be easy,
But you’ll be with Him when this life is done.
No more livin’ like this;
By the sweat of your brow,
And if you want God’s paradise,
You better take a stand right now.
© 2008 Tony Funderburk
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