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Harvesting what really matters
Someone recently posted this pithy saying on Facebook: “You’re not rich until you have something that money can’t buy.” It got me thinking about another unknown factor (to me, at least) in the matter of the pursuit of wealth. I found it shocking.
Like me, I’m sure you’ve received dozens of
best interests at heart. Just think, I would be able to spend lavishly for the rest of my life.
A Wannabe Farmer LINDA WEGNER
notifications over the years informing that you are eligible to cash in on millions of dollars. Between the deaths of untold numbers of military men, as well as beloved fathers, uncles and who- knows-who-else, the number of dollars I would have received by responding to these spam emails exceeds my ability to imagine, let alone count. Why, just this morning, I was informed in two separate emails that I was eligible for an inheritance of $100 million; additionally, my name had been drawn in a lottery I didn’t even enter and I could collect my luxury automobile if I would simply supply personal information to these fraudsters who want me to believe they have my
On a sadder note, I’ve heard of many people who are snared in these traps. When lonely or perhaps desperate (or greedy) enough to believe the spiel they’ve received, they are caught in the net of deceit. A study by the Financial Fraud Research Center at Stanford University’s Center on Longevity estimates that
somewhere around 30 million Americans (not counting Canadians!) are sucked into financial fraud estimated at $40 to $50 billion annually. Even more surprising, to me at least, is that victims include older people, yes, but also younger ones. Educated and undereducated. White-collar and blue-collar. Dumb people and smart ones. Check out this website, along with related sites:
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http://longevity3.stanford.ed u/blog/2012/11/19/scams- schemes-and-swindles-a- review-of-consumer-financial- fraud-research/].
As I said, I found this information shocking, especially since these schemes are not limited to the Internet. It also got me
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thinking about the matter of genuine riches. Drawing upon the years I spent living in rural BC and Saskatchewan, I’ve come to a few general conclusions: first, farming or ranching isn’t the money bag that some people think. Yes, there has to be some net gain as they both demand a total commitment to hard work and hefty expenses. Next, hard work and financial
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investment alone don’t guarantee monetary success; there’s the matter of weather conditions and global demand, just to name a couple of factors. For the farmers I know, genuine riches came from their love of the land and of what they do and for the majority, those riches also include love of family, friends and community. I’ve never
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farmed, although I certainly continue to grow a lot of our food on our property, and I can attest to the fact that potatoes dug from the backyard soil seem to provide an extra measure of enjoyment.
As we celebrate
Thanksgiving Day this year, once more may our thoughts be centred on the good things we share in this land. No, things are not always as we’d like or even as they should be and yes, governments sometimes seem to be anything but attuned to current needs but, all in all, we are privileged to live in the true north strong and free. It’s a place where genuine riches are more easily harvested than in a lot of places on this planet.
PS: A word to the
fraudsters: if you would spend some of that impressive wealth learning to spell and use good grammar, you wouldn’t turn me off so quickly. (Mind you, I still wouldn’t respond, but I’d be more impressed with your efforts.)
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