“A hundred years ago....people felt it was corrupted. Nothing has changed in the whole period....just more of the same!”
My Grandfather was one of three brothers in their early 20’s in the early 1900’s.
Two of his brothers knew how to play the political game and became very wealthy and passed those skills on to their sons and daughters. Their off spring became even wealthier. The third generation became basically worthless due to being lazy and thinking the world owed them a living.
My sophomore year in College, I was able to have an adult to adult talk to my grand dad, and I asked why he chose a different path. He had developed a valuable skill and worked for a good corporation most of his adult life using that skill until he retired.
His answer to why he chose a different path than his rich brothers was simple. He was a Christian, loved his wife and children and didn’t want to sell his soul and short time on earth to be rich.
I was in my late thirties, when I realized what he had done was correct and opted for a similar life path. That was one of my best life decisions.
Love your story.
How fruitless is the egotistical desire for fame and fortune...and so many people attaining it have watched their lives destroyed from under them. Recently I’ve been doing a lot of geneology work (my family is from Europe)—and by far the vast majority of my ancestors have been peasants. Born, married, had children, died. Most in the town they grew up in.
There’s a maturity and beauty in the simple life that I wish more people knew.