Barren Fields
Agriculture And The Human Mind
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, …..plundering…conquered neighbours. This is robbery. The second by commerce, this is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favour, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. — Benjamin Franklin
We live in a grand delusion. A feeding frenzy predicated on a gradually increasing and all engulfing desire. A circle that begins with desire, moves to consumption, then satisfaction and ultimately to a new desire. If this cycle extends to infinity, the future looks bleak unless we sow the seeds of living for a higher purpose — a life devoted to the servitude and emancipation of other human beings. It is a lofty ideal because it is almost impossible to live for others. Also, it is easier to write words on a piece of paper and then not have the deeds follow where the trail of words…
