Where is the younger generation who will continue the legacy that so little is willing to achieve? As the local farmer has gotten older and his bones have become achy from the decades spent pouring every ounce of blood, sweat, and tears into his land, he begins to wonder. The farmer does not fear the rain clouds that are slowly moving in over the horizon, but rather a different storm that seems to be approaching sooner than anyone had anticipated.
The old farmer watches
as his children and their children begin to lose interest in what he had worked
so hard to maintain. The farmer’s children have started jobs in the city,
separating themselves from the farm, and his grandchildren have found more entertainment
with a video game controller and the television.
As he sits at the
kitchen table, drinking his usual cup of coffee after the morning milking, he
ponders the thought of one day selling his own sweet piece of paradise. His dream
was to one day pass his legacy on to his family. Standing up to look out the
window, viewing the stretch of pasture where the cows had ventured out to, the
farmer wipes a tear from his eyes as he prays for the next generation of
agriculture. Although they may be few in numbers, the younger generation
displays a passion and love for the farm that proves their overall endurance and
capabilities.
“If passion drives you, let reason
hold the reins.” – Benjamin
Franklin
