A Message to Garcia

I read A Message to Garcia and didn't really understand what he was talking about. I remember going over it in class and how it was about Elbert Hubbard ranting about how people don't do their own work and aren't hard working like they should be. I've always tried to live by, "work for what you want in life to succeed on your own," but he puts it in a different way. Since this letter was written in the late 1800s, it makes a little sense that I don't have a clue what he's talking about. The last paragraph was the only thing that I really understood well. The last paragraph explains that he has respect for the man that works hard no matter what. When the boss is around or isn't around he still does what he's told and knows what to do. I've been inspired to work for what I want since I was about 12. When I was 12 years old, I got my first job working a snowball stand every summer. I've always paid for the things that I want like my phone and it's service bill, and I save money now for a car when I turn 16. This applies to me in high school now because you should always work hard on your own projects and homework yourself. You shouldn't earn the grade if you just took someone else's work. This keeps me going that I should also always work hard on the soccer field. I never want to let my team down so I will always run the extra mile for them. "I know it's hard sometimes but you'll get over it." -Lil Uzi Vert

In conclusion, I now understand that Elbert Hubbard was trying to say that you will succeed in life if you aren't dependent on others all the time; or maybe a more 2018 version that you aren't dependent on your phone or the internet.