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<blockquote data-quote="SmokeStackFarms" data-source="post: 472501" data-attributes="member: 7061"><p>My friend,</p><p>No one ever exactly knows the challenges that each of us face;</p><p>as I have read -it seems from the others you are not by yourself.</p><p>From me, I am in the same life choice you are.</p><p>I did not directly come from a farm background (all my relatives--were farmers).When I left a very profitable business, and my savings; </p><p>took a leak of faith or a jump of stupidity-all wise counsel said I must be <em>depressed</em> <em>Burned out</em>in need of some serious counsel..</p><p>For a "city-slick" to embark on a new way of life that taxes all dimensions of one's life @ a older age---by all objective standards perhaps I heard another drummer. To become the "<strong>RENAISSANCE MAN</strong>" (which is what is required to be a farmer) sounded like a delusion.</p><p>To give answers or counsel --I can't----</p><p>I hit those lows often--but you know how the highs feel--when you walk out your door and see/smell the world that is vastly disappearing--i have a jump start of tenacity.</p><p>I walk a tight-rope existence----No parachutes--no secondary,back-up income...</p><p>Maybe I must have smoked some locko-weed as a youth-& it etched a vision that won't go away..</p><p>The knowledge of my mother/grandmother barely making it, losing the great-grandfather massive farm (too generous-too many co-signs during the 20's pre-depression) and continuing as tenant farmers---instills in my soul that today is a world apart from then--but the essence is the same. I should say I am in <strong>fool's paradise</strong>!</p><p>I will no doubt have to exercise some creative entrepreneurial</p><p>work to make it happen!! I do know where I came from is not the PARADISE that I was groomed to believe--so maybe the rest of the world doesn't know the GUT-that I feel.</p><p>Excuse my ramblings but you are on the same rope as I --and I want to see you hang in!!</p><p>often it is said--@ the darkest park of the night is just moments before daylight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmokeStackFarms, post: 472501, member: 7061"] My friend, No one ever exactly knows the challenges that each of us face; as I have read -it seems from the others you are not by yourself. From me, I am in the same life choice you are. I did not directly come from a farm background (all my relatives--were farmers).When I left a very profitable business, and my savings; took a leak of faith or a jump of stupidity-all wise counsel said I must be [i]depressed[/i] [i]Burned out[/i]in need of some serious counsel.. For a "city-slick" to embark on a new way of life that taxes all dimensions of one's life @ a older age---by all objective standards perhaps I heard another drummer. To become the "[b]RENAISSANCE MAN[/b]" (which is what is required to be a farmer) sounded like a delusion. To give answers or counsel --I can't---- I hit those lows often--but you know how the highs feel--when you walk out your door and see/smell the world that is vastly disappearing--i have a jump start of tenacity. I walk a tight-rope existence----No parachutes--no secondary,back-up income... Maybe I must have smoked some locko-weed as a youth-& it etched a vision that won't go away.. The knowledge of my mother/grandmother barely making it, losing the great-grandfather massive farm (too generous-too many co-signs during the 20's pre-depression) and continuing as tenant farmers---instills in my soul that today is a world apart from then--but the essence is the same. I should say I am in [b]fool's paradise[/b]! I will no doubt have to exercise some creative entrepreneurial work to make it happen!! I do know where I came from is not the PARADISE that I was groomed to believe--so maybe the rest of the world doesn't know the GUT-that I feel. Excuse my ramblings but you are on the same rope as I --and I want to see you hang in!! often it is said--@ the darkest park of the night is just moments before daylight. [/QUOTE]
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