I am a Farmer

"What you sow, is what you reep"

Its a funny story. Few years ago the introduction of my linkedin profile was I am a Farmer!

The people who contacted me were very like minded who understood the meaning of my this one line. Strangely our programming to be accepted in this robotic society is based on Do's and Don't's. I had few friends who are senior Human resource managers and others etc who told me that if you wanted to be noticed in your business world you should not put this line as your introduction. 

This surprised me because photo copy profiles are very boring, similarly to a photocopy society. There has to be an element of freshness and ideas which help us to grow within.

Being objective and wanting to try new ideas , i removed this line for some time from my profile. The result was series of people who i personally had nothing in common with, started contacting me as i was just one of them, with my tethered profile as per the Do's. 

After this small experiment i went back to my line "I am a Farmer"

Imagine a world where there are all builders. We build blocks of our necessities and desires. There is no place to change as we are functional human beings driven by our innate desire to be someone. Imagine your thought process under these blocks and surrounded by the walls of concrete ideas, can you grow?

Even a plant needs soil, water, manure and fresh air. Are we humans not similar to the nature around us? Our ideas need the soil ( grounding within us), needs water ( ideas that flow within us), need manure (like minded people for our growth) and fresh air ( the will to take the leap of faith within). We all want to grow; difference is just the thought . 

Some want to be builders and amass huge sums of monetary gains because thats what growth to them is. What do they do next? Blocks can only grow to certain limit after that you are enclosed within your own concrete jungle of thoughts No where else to go? Then either we sell these blocks and start making new one's. Sometimes we say today we retire and give back to the society. Thats when  we choose to be a Farmer.

So my friends if in the end of a very long journey to meet its destination i want to be a Farmer, why can't i be a Farmer from the start. Every human wants to grow within and with that comes the circle of being like minded farmers connecting together for this growth. New ideas and new patterns is what makes us feel the rush within. 

At times , we come to cross roads in our life where everything is boring, our mind and soul needs a stirring but we are too scared to move out of the blocks and try to free our mind. Its a mindset, where growth within is an ongoing process, and letting go of our patterns and mindset with the changing times. 

The farmer changes crop every 2 seasons to keep the soil fertile then why do we keep on building these blocks over and over again? 

So i leave you with this question

Do you want to live as a Farmer or builder?