L.P. Homes, the American Dream, and the Future.
Construction Endures
During this time, the government considers construction to be an essential business; of course it is!
It would be another addition to the broken record that is the internet if we succumb to the crazy times occurring around us. One thing that unfortunately seems rather absent is some optimism, something that a large percentage of us could use, to help us lift up the chin.
Take a look at construction, the field that sets the foundation of your home, your safe haven, and your escape. It’s stubborn, no other way to put it, thanks to the people that work it. You go up to a person in the backyard of someone’s soon-to-be home who has a tool belt around their waist, you’ll soon discover one way or another that this person is not one to be swayed easily. They are just as unmoving as the cement they pour into the pillars of the deck that they are sculpting out of wood with bare, calloused hands.
This isn’t just against the tide of others with big mouths or attitude problems. They’re endurance holds up against the world, and anything that it has in store for them. Take the crash of the economy in 2008, or the swine flu a year later. Or, take inclement weather, such as hurricanes or blizzards. There was a time I visited a job site the morning after a massive winter storm, where an HVAC engineer had stood up on the roof to do his job in the middle of it. The world of construction does not stop for anything. It refuses to, that’s just in its nature.
The American Dream, and Why It Drives Us
Nothing is anymore different now than it has been before, during the other trials we have faced together. It is the “American Dream” that drives the handy-man; equal opportunity for anyone that can pick up a hammer or a wrench and use them to paint, and build with steel and wood and brick and concrete.
It’s not just this, though. While, by definition, the American Dream is equal opportunity for all, it is also the idea of what it gives after the regular Joe has earned his way: a solid home, a family, a place to go in order to unwind and relax.
This concept shines (quite literally, in fact) during the summer months. It’s a beloved idea to be able to walk out onto your deck or your patio and enjoy the summer air, or swim in your pool and enjoy the heat of a newly purchased hot tub. Or maybe a cookout, with burgers and hotdogs or wings dripping with barbeque and hot sauce, and the smell of said barbeque filling the air and enticing the neighbors to do the same in order to bring an end to the drooling. Fire pits go over well with the younger generation, crowding around a good strong fire with marshmallows and chocolate.
Now, of course, construction makes this all possible. By paying the bills for one, and giving the families the chance to realize these dreams. For two… you gotta build it!
It’s a neat circle that way.
This American idea shall thrive again. It’s only a matter of time before everything begins to return to normal, and the long awaited summer comes back around again. Already, a hint of it is beginning to blow in with the wind. Something to look forward to is intensely important, so with that in mind, how is your summer going to go this year?
When everything does return to normal, people will explode out of their homes with a vigorous positivity, kites and corndogs in hand. What a good time that would be to get into a project. What’s going on in your mind, what kind of project are you and your family wanting to pursue?
Projects
Decks?
Patios?
Sunrooms? Other Additions?
Conclusion
Times are tough right now. There’s no getting around this statement when talking about the condition of what’s around us. It is important, of course, to listen to the instructions given to you. Practice social distancing, stay at home unless it is something important, and wash your hands. Hand sanitizer works as well. Do know, however, that this is only temporary. There is a reason to be optimistic, and to look forward to things in the future.
That is the most crucial thing, to look forward to something.
Construction is an example of something to become excited about, and how it will carry on the American Dream into the fresh weeks to come as summer rounds the corner, and chases the negative times away with its tail between its legs.
It is like what the president from the critically panned and otherwise adored film Independence Day was saying in his speech. We’re going to live on. We’re going to survive. So celebrate Our Independence when the day comes around, carrying better times and beautiful skies with it. Look forward to it.
So when this time comes, and the darkness of now fades away, if you are thinking about it, what kind of project would you be considering? What kind of deck will you celebrate better times on?