Unfortunately laziness is becoming a more acceptable attitude than hard work. Bugs me. I see kids who no longer fight for employment and employers who no longer bother hiring teenagers which makes it hard for those teens who actually are hard working to get a job and earn their keep. Also bugs me. Alot! I see video games and television replacing books and imaginations and let's face it Hollywood is all about the writing. If the script sucks it doesn't come to life but no one ever reminds the kids of this fact they all want to be famous actors not realizing that they are at the mercy of the writers in the first place. Have to be in touch with your imagination to be a writer. The challenge is to create new worlds that only exist in your mind not regurgitate what's already there. Of course Hollywood themselves have gotten lazy now redoing movies more than creating new thoughts and ideas.
There is satisfaction in hard work. Getting a project started is one thing, but when you complete it! Best feeling in the world! Interruptions and distractions are everywhere all the time and can make us excuse ourselves from completing tasks that are more important than our facebook accounts or our tweets. Sometimes is just plain ok to turn the computer off, ignore the phone. The world will be ok while you're busy. I assure you it will still turn, it will still progress, it will move on. The whole point of these technologies interestingly enough was for work. Teams and team leaders that needed to be in constant contact with each other on various projects to get them all completed well and on time. Even they are distracted by angry birds and candy crush apps showing a fall in production. It's a choice isn't it. A personal choice. Not the phone companies fault, not the technologies fault. We choose it.
The Godhead doesn't want me to be that way, I don't want my kids growing up that way. He expects me to work hard, keep my home clean and organized, educate my children about the world in a safe environment. I expect it of myself. It's not always perfect, it doesn't always work out perfectly but we're not perfect so that's okay with me. But we try, we work hard, we make a solid effort and we don't just give up if it doesn't work out the first time.
Having moved into a house that we didn't design or build you spend most of your time trying to make it yours. You start with paint easier and cheaper. Then you add furniture, odds and ends, personal touches. Even then it's a constant project and big and expensive undertaking. To be honest it makes me wonder why we bother with buying houses and mortgages rather that just renting and saving and building when we can then at least you start off with something you like the way you wanted it, but that's besides the point lol. My oldest kids, when the microwave handle fell off, taped it back on lol. They were gonna stretch that microwave for all it's worth understanding the value of the things around them. When we talk about home improvement projects they get excited to help, now if only they were that excited about their day to day lives and keeping their rooms clean. But when asked to complete a project as a family they are always on board. In fact, and I love this, my kids get so mind numbingly bored of their electronics because they prefer hanging out with their friends and actually conversing with them, in person! Face to face! Albeit Just Dance is a favorite for them but at least they're moving which I like.
When they come home from school they have a determination to take care of their homework and chores right away. They choose it. Started out years ago as a rule when they were in elementary school and now that they're in high school they see the value in it and choose to continue that way. To work hard on their education and help out around the house. They aren't perfect everyone has their day where they just wanna sit around. Even then, they play with their little sister, they tidy up when they see a need and they offer their assistance with whatever their parents are doing. I am so unbelievably grateful for that! I rarely if ever have to get after them anymore they just understand the value of hard work at this point and recognize how it makes them feel to have a job well done.
When we leave this earth we only take with us our knowledge, what we've chosen to study and learn. About the gospel, about the world around us, about ourselves. In the end we rise only with what knowledge we've accumulated before our death. Executing what you've learned, the hard work, is where you gain the experience. We are here for the experience. I prefer an enlightened mind to a lazy attitude myself. Hopefully you feel the same way.
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