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Hey John,
I'm 100% with Tim Gary.
Great topic..!
I do have a proverb hanging on the wall in my study, please see also the attached jpg.
It has been expressed by Carl Friedrich Gauss, as I guess one of the greatest mathematicians ever.
I would like to try to translate into English language - hope it will work :-)
It is not the "to know"
but the "to learn",
It is not the "to have"
but the "to earn",
It is not the to "be in"
but the to "achieve it",
What does afford the greatest
enjoyment.
I love this proverb since it reflects my very own philosophy of busying myself with..? Yes of course "Welding", but with also every other problem to be solved.
I am sure everyone of us knows the extremly good feeling when having worked hard to obtaining something, which wasn't easy to obtain. I myself can sing a song on that since I have taken over a new job within my employers company a short time back.
And yes, it was extremely hard at the beginning and it still continues. It doesn't matter. There's a job have to be done and I'll try my best to do it. Jst as I once have signed my posts:
"Flere non prodest - Labor prodest!" (I have it from my son :-) ) what means (freely translated): "Don't cry - work!"
One of the truly most appreciated fellows I know has said to me at that time (quote):
"Sounds like you jumped from the frying pan into the fire with your new job promotion. I'm sure it will calm down once you settle in and put out the many small fires that abound in any new job."
And he is right by saying so - at least in my opinion!
For me personally the really worthy things in life have to be obtained by honest endeavor. And Welding - as what it means to me - is the best instance for this statement.
For me it is the deepest satisfaction to think about what "welding" really is, by venturing a look behind the curtain of the "bright blue light" and to - sometimes - finding solutions for tricky problems. First theoretically and finally of course practically.
And I am sure that the most ones of the students who are asking their questions here today for making their daily life apparently "easier" will find the "right path" someday, only by discovering what welding can really be. Much more than passing a test to achieve the next level of education, even true passion and purpose in life.
Please allow to finish my post by quoting a songtext:
"Is simplicity best? Or simply the easiest?
The narrowest path is always the holiest!"
Best regards,
Stephan