A speaker reflects on a conversation with an older man who served in World War II, worked in Texas oil fields, and bought a farm. The man's life suggests that cool experiences come from doing creative, purposeful work rather than waiting for them to happen.
Again, I was young and I remember talking to him one evening. You know, he was, he was bedridden for a couple of months, having a discussion with him of, will I ever have as many, whatever, cool life experiences as, as you've had? I mean, World War II, he flew in the, flew airplanes in the Navy and Hawaii, and but he goes to Texas Oil Company, works in the, you know, the oil field, the man camps, you know, doing the, the books and then buys this farm. I said, oh, you will. He said, you will. He was right. Yeah, I mean, I've had the same experiences, but I've had some really cool experiences too. If you do creative stuff that you're, you know, that are really purposeful and profound, you'll have some good stuff.
If I had to start my Homestead all over again, it could only pick one animal… 
