Are the Hands Dirty Enough?
Take a good look at those hands. Are they dirty enough? Look under the fingernails—sure, there’s a little dirt there. That’s a start. But something’s missing.
No cuts. No bruises. No calluses that tell a story. These look like greenhouse hands—clean dirt, safe dirt. Not the kind that comes from seasons spent under the sun, breaking ground, and wrestling with the earth.
Maybe what we need are more e-farmers—the kind of folks who aren’t afraid to get their hands truly dirty. The kind of dirt that no soap can wash away. The kind that seeps in over years of hard work, early mornings, and late evenings tending to something that matters.
Because dirty hands are more than a sign of labor—they’re a badge of commitment. Of patience. Of pride.
So yes, years of dirt under the nails, but hands still clean enough to walk his daughter down the aisle.
That’s the kind of dirt we need more of.
