Chasing The Dream

I wrote the following paragraph five years ago. This was written just before we "got started" and followed our dreams. These words reflect a much different mindset to the one I have today. I sounded unsure, worried, hopeful and hesitant. It was as though I was looking over a cliff, toes over the edge, bracing to jump into the unknown.

"I have this dream. It's a pretty simple one really. I am looking for a simple life and home, with animals, gardens, peace and privacy. We'll have a chicken coop, a huge garden and horses ... less stress and worry. We are going to build a homestead. It seems like a simple dream, yet, somehow it seems like the impossible dream. Do you ever wonder what it costs you just to wake up and take a breathe in the morning?"

It's strange to think that just five years ago, we were beginning such a big transition in our lives. It seemed so big at the time but in retrospect it really wasn't.

There was a lot we had to learn, but it was the best kind of learning there is. I didn't know how to use a pressure canner or ferment, dehydrate or dry food. I didn't know how to grow a LOT of food. I had NO experience with raising animals or even being around them. I had never held a new born animal or helped one to die. I didn't know what it was like to not work a conventional job.

Here I am five year later and I can do all of that and SO much more. Five years later we are living that dream. Now that I am here, it feels as though I've known this kind of life before. It runs through my blood and it feels so natural. The only regret: I wish we would have started sooner.

Whatever your fears or doubts, if you've got the dream, take the leap and start.

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