I hear dat! Back on the farm, all we had was a 2-bottom plow, a tractor with no cab, no umbrella, a hard metal seat (no air cushioned seat like now), no radios, Walkman’s were yet to be invented, any small radio was a luxury, stick clutch (no hydrostatic drive), and hundreds of dusty acres to turn. Days of back and forth barely seeing any gain on the job. Of course, my “pay” was just being part of the family. I knew it had to get done. No options but to grind away with similar jobs—tending the livestock, harvesting, etc. It had to be done!
That prepared me in so many ways for being successful now. It is what I call, a “basis of appreciation” that has pushed me through challenges after leaving the farm for college and my future. While I, for the most part, hated it then, I look back now and appreciate that experience in so many ways.
good testimony!!!