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Hey Reader,
A lot of men want the freedom, the money, the status, the fire.
Few are willing to chop the wood.
Let me explain.
A few days ago I wrote about looking for the easy life.
We all have another wish.
We all are wishing for our dream life.
Yet only a few actually take the first step to ignite the spark of the dream life.
Most only wish for the big warm fire.
They are looking for the fastest way to get rich.
They are looking for the passive way to get rich.
They look for the controversy that makes them famous.
They play the lottery to get wealthy.
They look for easy ways to display status.
While those are all things you can desire—
they are all things that die as fast as they are ignited.
Those fires don’t last very long.
I love to have a wooden oven in the living room.
They have a great feeling of comfort and so many fond memories.
I love to cook over fire.
That’s why I built a portable outdoor kitchen.
There is one thing that we did every fall:
We went and made some firewood.
We cut down the tree.
We loaded the logs.
We chopped the wood.
That was our recurring task.
There are few joys as fun as seeing the stack of firewood for the fire.
I knew it could keep the fire burning.
Why am I telling you all of this?
Chopping firewood is the task that fuels the fire.
Doing our daily tasks is what fuels the life we want.
Most men want the fire.
Few are willing to chop the wood.
But those few?
They’re building legacies.
As a reminder of that, I will keep retelling this when I’m going forward:
Keep chopping wood.
Your Jowi
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