Tag: hard work

The Industrial Age

Jennifred Jones

Sometimes the industrial age is put down or thought of as antiquated and binding.

I believe every age throughout history was needed and had its place – no sense despising it, thinking it worthless…we’re on to bigger and better now!

BUT! Without the industrial age there’d be many, many things (luxuries) (bad word nowadays) we’d be without…All these things we never really needed. We can all do without almost everything, so why waste time thinking up something new and helpful and convenient to make life easier? (haha)

Here are some examples of those worthless unneeded things that we like and love resulting from the hard, hard, hard work of many, many men and boys, with their women alongside them produced during the industrial revolution:

  • Mining – grueling work to bring up iron ore, and coal, and minerals and water and oil
  • Steel mills – to convert the iron ore into steel beams to build bridges and buildings
  • Construction machinery – to build whatever we wanted to build
  • Trains – to transport all these goods from one place to another
  • Bridges – to span creeks, streams, treacherous waters so we could get to the other side
  • Skyscrapers – beautiful city buildings for business and home
  • Cars – to drive to town or grandmas or see the USA
  • Airplanes – we can go anywhere!
  • Textile mills – we don’t have to use the spinning wheel anymore or fabric loom
  • Factories – many kinds to produce many things we take for granted
  • Refineries – to produce oil and wax etc….something we cannot do in our backyard
  • Sewing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, garbage disposals, indoor plumbing, sinks, toilets, clawfoot tubs, lamps, fans, even the measly little light bulb!

Did we or did we not need the industrial revolution? Was it a good thing? Did it help us people nowadays?

All these things were thoughts and ideas of good men with the goal of making life less grueling so they could have more time with their families and rest and relax a bit…and many of us are resting and relaxing a bit – because of these men’s hard work.

I am thankful for the industrial revolution, the men who worked it and the results from their labors. My life is better because of it.

You Are a Builder

Jennifred Jones

What are you building? Are you building anything today?

We are all builders…building something. Will it last? Is it sturdy to withstand pressure and use? Can others benefit from it? If it’s just for me, will it be good for me?

Sometimes it’s hard to build. Really anything worthwhile is hard work. It takes a lot of thought, patience, looking at it again. Maybe taking it all apart and starting over – like I had to do so many times learning to sew. Even in writing. The words don’t come out right. They don’t say what you meant. The computer didn’t save it, you lost everything and had to start over…happened twice yesterday.  You have to begin an exercise program to stay fit after desk sitting for 10 years or start a particular therapy to recover from an injury…like after I fell off my bike.

Maybe it’s an internal build. You’re trying to develop a new mental habit or break an old one.

The important thing is that you continue to build. Some projects take lots longer than others. Sometimes you have to stop, rest and think about it.

Keep at it. You will have something rewarding after it’s completed, and you can be proud of it!

I will carry-on.