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I had been flying high and was going to be somebody then my world came crashing down
I had borrowed more than I should and took a big risk on some cheap calves
I didn't know near enough about what I was doing and I didn't have anyone that could help me
With success arrogance comes easy and people like to see you fail.
Some people will help you fail and take joy kicking you when you're down
I was in over my head and had no one to turn to. I was on a sinking ship

I had taken a job in town and probably just gotten my first weeks pay.
It was less than what I used to make in a day or two.
I was broke and had set up an installment plan with the bank on a note I couldn't pay.
I had just lost my rent free house in the country and was now living in town in a house with a monthly payment.
I sold my pickup to pay the bank what I could and was down to one car between my wife and I
It looking pretty bleak right then, but I told myself it was temporary and I'd recover and fight another day.

Here it is nearly 20 years later and I still get a sick feeling when I think back on it
I still remember the people that kicked me when I was down, but I'm still friendly with a couple of them, but it's hard not hold some animosity towards them

I'm thankful for the lesson.
I have wondered what path I was headed down and what I was being saved from
I do know that little lesson made me a whole lot smarter.
 
That was a very good snapshot in time. Reading the first few sentences I thought you might have been a drug dealer :lol:
Just kidding. Personal trials reveal much about ourselves and others. Treasure the lesson
 
Our life experiences sure do make us the person that we become. I believe that everything happens for a reason in our lives. Though sometimes it is really hard to except or understand why. GB said it WELL!
 
We nearly lost this place when BSE hit.

We now know who our friends are and some of those discoveries were very surprising.

We also know who the people that are not our friends are.

That too was in a couple of instances a big surprise.

We are back on our feet and we honour our friends and ignore the people that were applauding our failures

I refuse to be friendly with them

When the police and receivers showed up top take the place I had the money to hold them off.

It disappointed many, surprised many more and only a few congratulated us.

Now we are back on top and we take far less risks.

Those we thought were friends and found to be our enemies - one wanting to take the farm over - have all at one time or another been asked to leave this property and never come back.

I could never be friendly with someone who was nice to us up front and rubbing their hands with glee that my family would be homeless.

Bez
 
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I needed help back in '80. Bank refused. I have never been back. Friends with the officers there now and they want my business. Just can't make myself bank there. Can't leave the ones who took care of me either.
 
1979-1980, was tough times for many hard working folks. The economy took a dump and the Bank's started grabbing all they could. I had a lot of money owed to me at that time and many of the folks that I trusted went Bankrupt which almost broke me. I had to sell half of my ranch property at a discount to hang on. My Children were small and needed their mother at home with them and I was the bread winner. We made it through the hard times but I never over extended credit again. I also remember the way some folks acted toward me when times were tough. I earned a lot of money with my Contracting skills and never lost a dollar unless I was not paid.
 
I to have "been kicked while I was down by friends." There are people in this world that are your friends, until the can make a profit from your mistakes. Then greed takes over! I was hit hard during this last recession on a ranch I owned in Oregon. I was able to pay the bank off, but took a HUGE loss. Seems like we ALL have taken some risks, and experienced some hard times, to do what we love.......
 
It is certainly surprising sometimes to learn who your friends are, but even more surprising to learn who they aren't.

Thanks for sharing.
 

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