[turbinedoctor]

I GREW UP THE YOUNGEST OF 4, WITH ONLY MY FATHER BRING HOME THE BACON. WE DID NOT HAVE ALOT BUT WE HAD EACH OTHER AND A GOOD FEAR OF GOD.

I WAS TOUGHT RIGHT FROM WRONG AND IF YOU WANT ANYTHING IN LIFE YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR IT. I SET MY GOALS HIGH AND MADE IT THREW HIGH SCHOOL AND INTO THE WORK FORCE.

I TRY TO TREAT EVERYONE AS I WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED BUT SOME JUST WONT LET ME. I APPLIED MY SELF AT THE JOB S THAT I HAD AND WORKED MY WAY TO WHERE I AM TODAY.

I BRING HOME TO A FAMILY OF 2 KIDS AND A GOOD WIFE ABOUT THE EQUVALENT OF THREE TIMES WHAT MY FATHER DID. WE STRESS EDUCATION TO OUR KIDS AS WELL AS GOD AND RIGHT FROM WRONG. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GO EVEN FARTHER THAN I HAVE.

WITH ALL THAT SAID, I DONT CARE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY CANT DO ANY BETTER FOR THEMSELVES. SOME ARE HAPPY WHERE THEY ARE AND SOME DONT WANT TO TRY ANY HARDER.

WHEN I WAS BUILDING MY OWN HOUSE (4.5 YEARS) I WOULD HAVE SEVERAL KIDS FROM THE AREA COME AND HELP AND PAID THEM FOR IT. ONE STANDS OUT FROM ALL THE REST. WHEN I TOOK HIM HOME THAT EVENING I ASKED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE NEXT DAY, HIS REPLY WAS, AND I AM QUOTING HIM WORD FOR WORD, "I WANT THE MONEY BUT I DONT WANT TO WORK FOR IT".

10 YEARS LATER I SEE HIM AT THE MALL IN SALISBURY, DRESS LIKE AND ACTING LIKE ONE OF THOSE PUNKS THAT THINKS HE IS OWED SOMETHING FROM THE WORLD.

BOTTOM LINE IF YOU WANT IT, GO GET IT.

ASK MACOJOE HOW MANY TIME HE FELT LIKE QUITING BUT KEEP GOING.