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Hard Work

Hard work is something that is part of our destiny to our completion of Manhood. Putting hard work and making a difference in the world through your efforts is a trait that we as men must naturally have. Part of the emasculation that occurs in the impoverished and the minority communities is a lazy and bad work ethic. I am not talking about people who do not have jobs or are going through rough times. I am simply stating a mental and spiritual phase that unfortunately most of our brothers in humanity possess. We as men must move beyond our state as it is unhealthy for us to have other women, children and men who do not invest in our community or loved ones make decisions and provide for us.

The way to approach this attitude is two fold. First is to try and develop and model this attitude for our men as number of us were not exposed to a proper work ethics and functional homes where work and contributing to society is something that is valued and enforced. If the person does not choose to develop his work ethic for the sake of himself, then provide an incentive outside of himself that he will work towards. However, there are people who are just plain lazy and wish not to better themselves. In that case, you try to stimulate the community economy through them as people with this characteristic will spend whatever they have on themselves. In doing that, they will find a business to give money for their whims. That in itself will perpetuate the economy. Once you have those business owners in the community on the same or a similar page, then they themselves can invest into the community.

Writing this particular blog entry is hard work as I have worked (at the time of typing this) an eight hour day with no break, no breakfast or lunch. I am dead tired and have eaten something after coming back home. In my fatigue I found inspiration to put in another blog entry. It is hard and the words are not coming in as easily, but as the intention is to bring something positive into the world, I am hopeful that this will do that. I would like our men in humanity to work hard and continue to work towards something. This does not necessarily mean they need to work for someone else, but it does mean that they need to work towards something. It could be your own business, a cause, a belief in something positive, work to develop self, or most importantly work towards developing the bond and relationships within family, and between families.

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