posted on Jul, 4 2024 @ 11:16 PM
I should have added...it is (50) miles to the nearest city from here, and (20) miles to the nearest town or gas station. It is also (30) miles to the
nearest traffic light, even a single traffic signal, and even then it is just one (but they're building a 2nd one...which is rather disturbing). The
nearest neighbor is over a mile distant, and it's just a family of three. It's 2.5 miles to the nearest County maintained road. From the house
(here) to the County road is road that we must maintain, rain, or shine, snow or whatever. Our County (volunteer) Fire Department asks that we keep a
5,000 gallon tank of water on our place to assist them should they need to extinguish a fire. We keep a 10,000 gallon tank, just in case (and I'd
like to make it 20k, but that's a big tank).
I remember when we first came here; there was nothing. We started with dirt. Now, 25 years later, from the air, this place looks like a small
paradise. The FBO Airport 50 miles distant uses our barn as a turning point for their procedure turns for student pilots during the day, and many of
the instructors do stall training over our land (much to the chagrin of our cows).
I've often said, in my professional career I deal with the most cutting edge electronic systems known to man, but I come home to this...peace beyond
description. It is a stark difference, and it is what I call "balance".
I say these words to give a glimpse of "freedom". Perhaps it is not for everyone, but it is for me. Without this 'balance', I would surely lose my
mind.
We all have our own vision of what freedom is, and there is no wrong answer. When we look inside our hearts we will find how we define this concept.
I share these personal words in hopes that others will see how to define their own slice of freedom. I spent many, many, years working to get to
achieve my definition of it, and everyone will have to work hard for theirs too. But, in time, it will come...and the important thing to understand
is...realizing it when you start to get there!!