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08/23/2026

During the Great Depression, losing your farm could mean losing your entire life. So when banks and creditors started foreclosing on struggling farmers, some communities came up with a pretty wild way to fight back: the penny auction.

When a foreclosed farm went up for auction, local farmers would agree beforehand not to compete against each other. They’d deliberately bid ridiculously low amounts, sometimes just pennies, until one of them “won” the property for almost nothing. The winner would then quietly hand the farm, livestock, or equipment back to the family who had lost it.

And they made sure nobody ruined the plan. Nooses were sometimes hung near the auction as a warning to anyone thinking about becoming a serious bidder. It was intimidation, but it came from a community that was essentially saying: If the system is going to take everything from our neighbor, we’re not going to help it do the job.

It’s one of those Depression-era stories that sounds almost unbelievable today, but for many farmers, it was a desperate way of looking out for each other when the economy had left them with very few options.

08/23/2026

so true

We live in a culture where correction often feels like attack. Where feedback bruises the ego instead of shaping the person.

But if we can't be corrected without being offended, we don't grow — we just protect our pride at the expense of our progress.

That's why this lesson matters so much for our children. And it starts with us.

When they watch us own our mistakes instead of deflecting... when they hear us say "you're right, I could have done better there" instead of scrambling for excuses... when they see us receive guidance without bristling, they learn that correction isn't humiliation — it's refinement.

But discernment matters too.

Not every opinion carries wisdom. Not every piece of advice deserves action. Growth doesn't mean obeying every voice; it means learning to listen, to weigh, to consider — and then choosing wisely what to carry forward.

Correction given with care is not a threat — it's a gift. And advice, even when it doesn't fit, can sharpen our perspective if we're willing to hear it without offence.

That's the skill worth passing on. Because children who grow up seeing feedback as opportunity — not condemnation — will always have the freedom to keep evolving into more of who they're meant to be. ❤️

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