Comments on: Manvotional: Foundations

By: C Matthews

C Matthews — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:44:10 +0000

Great article. I’m 23 and at the beginning of my professional career. I can’t help but wonder what is wrong with my generation – it’s like everyone is busy trying to be cooler than the guy next door. Long gone is the sense of work, or dedication…hell, long gone is the sense of purpose. We now live in an age of instant gratification.

I can only hope that for the sake of this great nation that there are others like me – those who have the sense to forgo the short term pleasures in favor of long term strength. The great men who lived and died before me stand as a testament to the fact that not only is greatness possible, but it demands isolation and persistence. To my fellow peers – (I hope you’re out there) don’t give up for we will have the last laugh one day.

By: Slim

Slim — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:20:47 +0000

Obama should read this… and give it some thought.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:15:59 +0000

@Thomas
I was thinking the same scripture.

By: Dailey

Dailey — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:00:05 +0000

This is great, where can I find the book?

By: Adrian Quiroga

Adrian Quiroga — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:10:11 +0000

@Daniel Calvo,

I know what you mean. I just turned 19 last Saturday. I’m not a child anymore, but I doesn’t feel like an “adult”. And mi inexperience in many aspects of life like relations and economics make things quite hard.

I also was very close in quitting my carreer, chemical engineering. But I started to realize that I need to try much much harder, because it’s my future what is at risk.

Ultimately, when I am studying and doing homework, and I feel really, really exhausted, I now realize the great resistance and stamina that I never thought I had. I feel that I’m doing something in my life now.

By: James A Houston

James A Houston — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:16:22 +0000

I find that anything great, whether in art, business, sports, or anything you name began with a proper foundation.

By: Daniel Calvo

Daniel Calvo — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:00:26 +0000

Awesome post!
I find myself working on my foundations right now, at 21. I’m studying for a hard certification and afterwards I’ll move abroad to try my luck professionally.
You know what’s hardest? Every single day is the hardest. Its not the day you try the test and win or fail. Its the day you wake up to study after having studied the hundred days before, knowing there are a hundred more down the road until you reach your goal. Some days I almost lose it. There’s doubt and tiredness. And there’s loneliness too. Most of my peers are partying like there’s no tomorrow, drinking, going to bars/clubs, chasing after girls, spending all their money and energy on those things.

That’s cheap. That doesn’t reward me at all.
On the end of the day I just find myself hustling like there’s no tomorrow, only to do it again tomorrow. Its a lonely and hard endeavour. But what else man? I’m actually starting to enjoy hardship, It gives you a chance to stand out. I find myself strangely proud of my hardship and all that comes with it. I don’t think I would have it any other way.

By: Thomas Brooks

Thomas Brooks — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:51:54 +0000

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

–Jesus (Matthew 7:24-27)

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:49:54 +0000

The hidden meaning I read here is though your foundation may be built you can shore it up. Just as many great buildings are rehabbed each year, we can rehab our foundations. The Art of Manliness is a great place to start!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:27:06 +0000

The wise man built his house upon the rock, and the house on the rock stood firm.