99% Exhausted

I'm truly tired of the whole money and power and control game.  I just simply do not want to play.  You'd think, due to my lifestyle that I wouldn't know any of The 1 Percent, but I do.  I'm amazed at how many I do know . . .But then, this is America, anybody with some discipline and determination can become a millionaire!  Right?  In all fairness to those who set that goal and achieved that aim, that's great!  For the 98% who sound mostly jealous, I'm sorry.  If the inflation of the 70's had continued, we'd all be millionaires by now, but it wouldn't mean much . . .

I know people who are spending virtual fortunes, paying bankers and attorneys to manage their money, even after they are dead and don't need it.  After this last banking bailout, that's the last folks I'd be trusting with large sums of money, but it would seem many people who are busy acquiring and amassing didn't raise their kids with values they can trust.  When I hear these folk talking, the words of Ecclesiastes goes through my head.  Vanity, vanity, and vexation of spirit . . .
When it comes to American money, it's just part of the monopoly game.  Somebody gets to own Boardwalk and somebody else can't make it past GO without landing on Income Tax.  Don't forget, someone has to finance "Community Chest."   Then there is "Chance" which aligns in my view to the Casinos and Lottery.  Very few are moving from 98% to The 1 Percent by Chance.  The Casinos, or Riverboats as they were once called, have virtually put Atlantic City and Las Vegas out of business.  The government's move to stop gambling crime, I guess has been somewhat successful.  The mafia just couldn't compete with the state governments who are now running power ball, lottery, and casinos.

Back to my tired rant.  I simply cannot wrap my mind around working for money or even money to buy "stuff."  Don't get me wrong, I like to make investments, but I like the investments to usable, not just monetary.  I like owning some land, it produces a lot of things.  I'm certainly no big time operator, but that isn't my interest, either.  I have other things to tend to as well, and I just couldn't even sleep at night with the idea of owing John Deere $900,000.00 and mortgages on land, or Monsanto's next experiment in the seeds I plant.  I don't want to do farm work, just to cash in, at the harvest.  I want to do farm work, for delicious organic food fresh in season, and preserved for the rest of the year.

I've been particularly excited about my natural products business.  There are two parts about this, I just love.  First, I enjoy praying about healthy solutions for people to replace all the chemicals, and formulating them.  The second part I truly love, is the notes of progress from people who are moving away from the chemicals and pharmaceuticals.  I just love opening those notes and e-mails.  It truly makes my day!  I don't think my reason for being in business to "make" money, but rather; to "make" good products that help people feel better.  Enough money to fund the ministry, order supplies, and keep the goat milk flowing works for me.

There truly is more to life than money and once you get a hold of that fact, money no longer holds the same value.  It's just a tool of trade. it's not the goal.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of G-d.  Ecclesiastes 3