John Deere tractors are famous. They are high-quality tractors used by many farmers throughout the US and many parts of the world.
My dad always wanted a John Deere for our property in upstate NY. Several fields dotted our road and most of the largest farms had several John Deere tractors and equipment.
I have a few nieces and nephews who love John Deere tractors mostly because my Dad, their Grandpa, loves them so much. My wife and I once took our family to the John Deere museum during a tornado.
John Deeres and for that matter, most tractors, are built primarily for planting and harvesting crops.
But what happens in the middle of planting and harvesting?
What is the middle part called?
Cultivation.
Cultivate:
Nurturing and growing is the longest part of growing crops. Often it takes months. Planting takes a few hours. Harvesting? It too takes a few hours or perhaps days, but certainly not months.
Wonderfully happy marriages are cultivated. They take years of growing and working and giving and sacrificing. Prosperous people cultivate a little good daily and end up wealthy....after months and usually years.
The Slight Edge is a wonderful book that explains cultivation in wonderful detail. Jeff Olson couples harvesting with a long period of positive cultivation.
Remember John Deere tractors are great for planting and harvesting, but cultivation depends on you, not a tractor.
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