18 Mar 2009 17:50 EST
I generally confine my linking to pages without mentioning it here (you do see the updated dates on the right, right?) but this link didn't fall into a ready category but was worth linking to. The Art of Manliness is a blog about what it sounds like, and one of their recent articles was rather poignant: The Hard Way.
It's about your grandparents. In a manner of speaking. My grandfather worked hard, damn hard and had a lot to show for it. He didn't take shortcuts. He didn't read any "For Dummies" books. He sure as hell didn't try some "super-easy diet plan". He worked. Hard. I'm going to be a complete tool and steal all the article's bolded lines.
- Our lives have come to resemble those of tourists, wanting the experience, but not wanting to stay long enough to risk experiencing the realities that come with permanence and commitment.
- With each new fresh-faced superstar, the idea of success as a secret formula to be unlocked rather than something to be worked for is slowly cemented into our brains.
- We cut corners and call it 'optimizing'. We take the path of least resistance and dress up our cowardice in the guise of efficiency. And in doing so, we're killing ourselves, one life-hack at a time.
- doing things that are hard molds boys into men of strength and character.
- But, what makes the hard way so important for men is not just the end result, but the character built along the way.
- Men who finish a marathon rather than simply starting a million sprints.
required, hidden, gravatared
required, markdown enabled (help)
* item 2
* item 3
are treated like code:
if 1 * 2 < 3:
print "hello, world!"
are treated like code: