I was 55 years old and I was beginning to think about retirement but I was not happy. I was working for an employer that provided a good income and good benefits but I was not happy. I had a beautiful wife, three children, eight grandchildren but I felt like a prisoner every Monday thru Friday from 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. With another 10 years before retirement, I saw "Dead End" signs everytime I went to work. I was not happy.

What is the one thing that we search for in our lives? Most people would answer that it is happiness. Does happiness come through fame, wealth, success? Some people might mention one of these three or suggest something else. For me, my happiness comes through contentment and my contentment comes through my freedom.

Everyday, every week, every month that I trudged to work, I kept asking myself if I wanted to spend the next 10 years of my working for someone else. I felt trapped and unhappy. I asked myself who was in control of my life. I wanted to take back my freedom and search for a better way.

If you are happy with your employer, I am glad for you. I was not and I needed to find a pathway to my freedom. I decided to work from home and become MY OWN BOSS. I took my financial future out of the hands of those who were signing my checks and put the opportunity for financial freedom in MY hands. I decide how hard I want to work. I decide when I want to quit for the day. Most importantly, I decide when I want to spend time with my family. I now enjoy the freedom of being in control of my life, my future and the well being of my family.

I consider my family to be my most important possession. When I was working for someone else, I had to search for the time that I wanted to spend with my family. The lawn needed mowing, the car needed washing, the plumbing needed fixing. It is very difficult to complete all of the tasks that surround us each weekend AND find the time that we need to spend with our loved ones. My home business has given me the freedom to have ALL the family time that I want. In fact, today is Wednesday afternoon and I will be taking two of my grandsons to the movies. It does not get any better than that.

Do not mis-understand what I am trying to say. I have had my home business for three years and I have worked very hard to make it successful. And I will continue to work as hard as I need to make them profitable. But I have taken back the freedom in my life that I felt I was losing. Do you feel you have lost your freedom? Do you want to find it?

Please consider the possibility of starting your own home business. There is work but the rewards could bring you the freedom that you desire. I found mine.

"In all toil there is profit."