The picture above is a microcosmic symbol of America.
The slide is our country.
On the left is my youngest son who represents those in the asset column, who uses the slide for its rightful purpose - there’s some movement and even a little risk involved, but also the fulfillment and happiness that comes from doing things the right way and using things as they were designed to be used.
The boy on the left represents the liability column - those who just use our country as a place to park their ass, eat potato chips, and fiddle on their phone all day.
I try to look for life lessons to pass on to my kids when just living out everyday experiences.
But in this case I couldn’t bring myself to tell my son that I’m sorry but there’s a good chance that in the coming years he may be forced by our government to stop playing on slides at the park, and that he may get kicked out of his school, forced to wear a mask in public, and be pressured by his employer to take experimental injections into his arm based on the claim that it is his responsibility to protect the health of that kid on the right side of the slide.
And that if he happens to have a certain type of small business and he doesn’t close it, he is risking the health and life of that kid he crossed paths with on that slide many years ago, and he may be harassed by a mob of weirdos, the mayor of his town may even encourage violence be done to him, and he may be fined thousands of dollars, and other failed business owners in town who ran their dad’s companies into the ground and became public officials may come after him for being so selfish.
Also, he’s going to have to hear constantly about how he is contributing to the destruction of the planet by simply breathing and eating cows while the kid on his right is littering plastic soda bottles on the ground next to him.
But really all I told him was that he should never bury his head in the sand and overlook things in life that are glaringly obvious just because they seem too sick and insane to be true.
And I told him to never stop giving life his best simply because things get hard, or simply because others refuse to pursue what is good and honorable.
The world was here first, so you should work with all your might to leave it better than when you arrived.
He’s only not even 2 years old so he didn’t understand any of this yet of course.
The content of this week’s newsletter is to remind you guys to never forget the greatest PSYOP and crime to ever be perpetrated against humanity that we lived through last couple of years, and all the division it left in its wake.
We don’t need to dwell on it constantly, but we should never forget.
And also, the next time you go to eat a potato chip, you are contributing to the problem.
Are you going to eat that bag of chips today?
Are you going to devolve into numb mindlessness on your phone like the rest of society?
What’s it going to be?
Hit me up to jump on board our Fall of the Fat ass challenge that was launched yesterday at the barn.
I am not going to describe on here because we are not a digital association.
I still believable in face to face accountability because that’s what works best.
The type of accountability that comes from a group of men working towards becoming their best and pursuing excellence.
Your relationships with women may have contributed to shaping who you are, but it is only your relationships with other men - fathers, brothers, friends, teammates - that is going to truly sharpen you.
It’s past time we start really giving each other our best.