Owning a farm is like having a newborn baby.
Don't believe it?...
Take a look at this:
Exhaustion is your only sure bet since the "baby" came into your life.
Your body hurts.
Constant attention is needed to keep your baby happy.
There's never enough time to spend on yourself.
You realize you are suddenly going broke from taking care of it.
In bed at midnight, up at 5 am.
You keep asking yourself, "Why did I do this?"
You thought you were busy before you had the "baby".
Your life is never going to be the same; you can't give this thing back.
Discipline builds character. (Mainly in you, not the "baby").
It needs you to nourish, feed, cultivate and grow it up.
It has a mind of it's own.
Relatives never offer to help.
You don't have time to go to the bathroom.
Your work is never done.
You never see your friends anymore.
You're lucky if you have time for a peanut butter sandwich.
All you want to do is take a nap.
It brings intense heartache, immense joy, and every extreme emotion in between.
It makes you cry.
Its the best thing you ever did.
You can't imagine your life without it.
And...
The whole world and your mother told you that having a "baby" was a lot of hard work, but you didn't listen, did you?
No, you didn't.