THE FREEDOM WAY
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He laughs now at the remembrance for he is confident that
no matter where he would go he could earn all the living he
needs. He has the know-how, you see. He got it during his
first year of the simple life when he found 30 different
things to do to earn money.
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What kind of things? The same kind you yourself can turn
your hand to. He had a garden, raised more than he needed,
sold his surplus - he earned $40 a year at that. He acted
as a guide for fishermen and hunters - got $5 a day for
that. He drove parties of tourists over the mountains
(mountain-scared tourists who wouldn't drive their own
cars). He experimented with different herbs, found a cough
syrup his neighbors were willing to buy. He made rustic
furniture, found it had a ready sale.
Another man, John Burnham, living in upper New York State,
went through the depression of 1929 - on without knowing
there was a depression. His recipe is one you can copy and
follows. "There never will be a time when everybody is
broke," he believes. "nor will there ever be a time when
every job that needs doing is done. There are fences to
repair, wells to dig, letters to write, advice to give.
Find out what somebody in your neighborhood wants. Then do
it for him. Do it so well and at such low cost that you
surprise him. Always give people more than they expect, and
you'll always find plenty to do."
So you will. So you will. No matter where you are, you can
turn some of your talents to money and the little money you
need will not require many of your talents nor require them
for a very long time.
What will be left in the way of talents, and energy and
time will be yours to spend gloriously as you see fit, in
living this most blessed life of them all - the simple
life.
SECTION VI
HOW TO START LEADING THE SIMPLE LIFE
"There is not a dream which may not come true, if we
have the energy which makes, or chooses, our own fate . . .
It is only the dreams of those light sleepers who dream
faintly, that do not come true. "
- Arthur Symons
If you have read this far in this course you are convinced,
aren't you, that the simple life is an easy life to follow
and also the most desirable life,, and you have made up
your mind that it will be your life.
Don't wait too long to start in. Don't be like so many
persons, dreamers who go on year in and year out saying
that, Next year will be the year I will do it. But next
year never comes, and in the end it becomes too late. Be,
rather, like the Chinese gentleman who had a sign in his
garden: "ENJOY YOURSELF. IT IS LATER THAN YOU THINK," and
start as soon as you can.
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