Comments on: Lessons Learned from Longfellow’s Blacksmith

By: A.S Falcon

A.S Falcon — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:16:08 +0000

@ Izzy LOOOOOOOOOL :)

By: Jerry Lindsey

Jerry Lindsey — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:58:05 +0000

This was my Mother’s favorite poem and consequently it became one of my favorites. I remember her reciting it to me when I was no more than 6 or 7 years old and as I grew, I formed truly inspiring mental images of the ‘smitty at his forge, working away. I could see his crisp long hair and mighty muscles as he worked. I think this poem had a strong influence in my life as I gained an early understanding of its deeper meaning. Thanks for stirring a great memory and bringing a tear of joy and remembrance,

By: weza525@yahoo.com

weza525@yahoo.com — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:48:03 +0000

as a former wrestler, this is perfect. it empowers a man to embrace the grind; to respect it. my father was a carpenter but still a jack of all trades and would come home sore as could be, back pain and all. somehow, he would seem to be absolutely painless when he would practice infield with my little league teams hitting grounders and popups.I simply could not have asked just for a better father, but for a better man to look up to

By: Brian Reinholz

Brian Reinholz — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:02:03 +0000

Yes yes yes. It’s all about follow-through, whether at work or in our personal lives.

The blacksmith doesn’t have time to blame culture, other people, or God for his problems, and neither do we. Let’s get to work!

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:08:44 +0000

Very inspirational, thank you very much! Greetings from Argentina

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:44:38 +0000

Having poetry analyzed this way is awesome. Sometimes I am reminded that Nike has the best slogan, just do it. No excuses and go.

By: J. Delancy

J. Delancy — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:51:34 +0000

Always wanted to do blacksmithing. Closest I ever came was to become a certified welder.
It’s hard to describe the feeling that comes when you make steel into something beautiful and enduring.
“For he owes not any man.” Also true. Being out of debt changes a man, the way he sees himself and the world.

Never thought of writing a post this way on my blog. Thanks for the inspiration.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:21:56 +0000

Steve this is a beautiful, inspiring, yet practical piece of writing.

I enjoyed it because it focuses and respects the power of process. But at the same time it also implies at a bigger picture.

It’s doing the work for the love of the work while at the same time doing the work because we know that overtime it will take us somewhere great.

I often wonder what separates those that get this and those that don’t. It’s a big question.

I still don’t quite understand the answer. I know that a deep sense of purpose in our daily actions can lead to an intense passion to do the work everyday. But then this leads to the question: How does one find a deep sense of purpose?

Of course, I would be completely disregarding the power of this article if I wasn’t attempting to answer them in my own life.

Everyday I wake up, and I take more and more steps towards my dream. I moved to Japan about a year ago and am pursuing my childhood dream – to become a ninja. As I move forward with it everyday, I learn more and more what this means to me.

It has required work every single day to get where I am, and will take substantially more to get where I want to. But I embrace it :).

Truly a wonderful post. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

By: Native Son

Native Son — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:35:28 +0000

(Twp hammer taps on anvil) Of course, let’s not forget that the old-time blacksmith was half deaf from all the hammering on iron! I know from experience…”Speak UP! What did you say?”
(One vigorous hammer tap on anvil)

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PDF to JPG online converter — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:17:46 +0000

Nice work of Steve. Thanks for the article.