It takes exceptional courage to make a living as a farmer. Agriculture in general is tough; beef, hogs, chickens, fruit, fishing, and such. But planting seeds in the ground and having your income dependent on what comes up? That’s toughness!
In the face of drought, flood, wild fire, insects, farmers continue to plant year in and year out. Even when their seeds yield a crop they’re still faced with the risks of labor availability, speculative-driven market prices, fuel costs, and even bee shortages.
I was chatting with an elder farmer recently. I asked him how he did it? How did he make a living at the mercy of Mother Nature, commodity futures, and God? He just shrugged and said he never gave it much thought. His philosophy was simple:
Every day put the plow in the ground and open up the throttle.
We can all, “put the plow in the ground and open up the throttle”, true? Who knows? Maybe AI and the “machines” will wind up sending humans out of the office and back to the farm. If and when they do, don’t worry. There must be great satisfaction in seeing the seeds you sow grow into a living.
God bless the American farmer. Amen!
GAP
When life gets tough we could get a helmet… or… we could leverage the peace and share the power of a positive perspective.
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