While I’m waiting for Sham, my fishing assistant to buy fuel and stock up the tub, my thoughts go to something i’d heard in connection with the dark chocolate Bournville.. ‘Earning it’, and what it means..
Back in the day, if a chap had pulled his weight, done the right thing and truly deserved the accolades that came his way, he was deemed to have ‘earned it’. It was how gentlemen won the ladies – they earned their love! It also signaled the inclusion of a particular chap into a sorority, into a brotherhood of sorts. If one had to earn the friendship / respect of one’s peers, one had to work hard, there was no easy way around it. The Mafia have a sinister term for it, it’s called ‘making your bones’.
Now why would you have to ‘earn it’ to have a chocolate? How do you ‘earn it’. Sham is here so i’m going to ponder this while sinking some worms into the cold lake, write in if you know how to tell when someone’s earned it
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I have been pondering this question about ” earning it” and I was reminded of some family members who constantly take what they have not earned from others. My brother in law constantly uses my husbands shop to work on his truck, uses welding materials and tools that do not belong to him, uses our electricity and heating oil and does not reimburse us for it. Why should he care how much our electric bill is of how much it cost to heat the shop while hes using it? After all my husband allows this. People are always giving them money because they feel sorry for them. People are always giving them items because they feel sorry for them. They didnt earn that money, they didnt earn those items but yet again people give it to them freely. They remind me of con men. My husband works hard for everything we have, he earned it!
Kim, three cheers for you and the hubby
YE KYA HAI BHAI………..I COULD NOT UNDERSTOOD…..
thanks for the positive words. I’m in the process of “earning it” right now. I don’t think there is anyway around it but I’m almost certain there’s a FFWD button. Keep me on your radar and I’ll be sure to make my posts engaging and theatrical…
Mr. D
I’m of old school, my father always said ” keep your nose clean and stay at the grindstone”……it took me awhile, but after the years I did my best to stay clear from trouble (don’t try and take short cuts, do it right or don’t do it at all). we never had a grinding stone……but I did my best to stay focussed on the job at hand no matter the distractions until my day was over, my time of applying my skills , abilities, honesty, friendship and building a block from where to start the next day from, a foundation of my own , a definition of just who I was in the eyes of my peers and the higher power. later in life this became a reputation which preceded me and thank fully it was viewed by all favourably.
By the same token, one could stand on a corner and provide free chocolates to all who wished to have them , and they would probably been viewed as favourably as well…….until you run out of chocolates!
There is a process to “earning it”. It usually involves time, effort, knowledge, skills of sorts, determination, concentration and observance toward others.
funny thing though, if you try excellent fishing skills in a river where no fish are present, all the attempts you want to try will still result in the same conclusion….no fish !
good luck in your travels and at making the road to earning it, a success!