November 2, 2009
I'm writing this because I liked your article on Etherzone, I see so many unhappy people and they look at me and don't understand why I'm happy.
First of all I'm a
47 year old man and I am single (Divorced many years ago). I own a small
farm out in the country. I spend almost all of my free time growing and
selling produce. I don't make much money from the farm but I just love
growing and eating quality produce.
I spend my time
planting, weeding, watering or just watching my produce grow and everyday I'm
excited to grow more and see more. I added a greenhouse, chickens,
geese and bees in the last few years and although they all are a bunch of
work I just love being around them, even the bees. I'm happy to take
care of crops and animals and they pay me back 10 fold.
Growing all of these
things makes me so happy that when winter comes and everything is dead outside
here in Minnesota I feel a little depressed.
I like reading your
article about how some peoples egos control them and they are never
satisfied. I work in a building with 900 people and I can see that some
people love money and they can never have enough, everything they do is to get
more, if they love sex they also can never get enough. The car they
own is not good enough, their girl friend is not cute or nice enough. They
go through their whole life unsatisfied. I try to tell them that there is
more to life than sex and money and they say I'm confused.
Well I know that my
happiness is from the feeling of accomplishment. I love weeding
because when I'm done I can look back at the crop and it looks beautiful with
all the weeds gone. When I pick fresh produce and sell it to my customer I
know that it is the highest quality product I could grow and they they will
really enjoy eating it. If it is not the best I do not pick it and I just
till it under. When I take care of my animals they make happy sounds and
it delights me.
I'm truly lucky
to have a pastime that I love. Many people ask me why don't you get
people to help you on the farm. I guess they just don't understand I'm
getting what I want. They think I'm growing for the money, not true.
After 10 years of growing stuff, if I'm growing for the money I'm a
failure. When in fact I'm a great success and people love my product and I
love producing it for them.
I feel sorry for the
people who can never be satisfied they go around angry and unhappy because they
don't understand that happiness is what is inside you not what comes to
you.
Thanks for the
article it made me feel good about myself. I just need to find a woman
without and ego who wants to live in the country.
Henry Makow is the author of A Long Way to go for a Date. He received his Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Toronto. He welcomes your feedback and ideas at