At one point number 60, Jason Brown, was one of the best centers in the NFL. At one point he had a five-year, $37 million contract with the St. Louis Rams. And at one point he decided it was all meaningless - and just walked away from football. My agent told me, Youre making the biggest mistake of your life, said Brown. And I looked right back at him and I said, No Im not. No Im not. So what could possibly trump the NFL? You wouldnt believe. Jason Brown quit football to be a plain, old farmer -- even though hed never farmed a day a in his life. Asked how he learned to even know what to do, Brown said: Get on the Internet. Watch Youtube videos. He learned how to farm from Youtube. Thanks to Youtube and some good advice from other farmers here in Louisburg, N.C., this week Jason finished harvesting his first, a five-acre plot of sweet potatoes. When you see them pop up out of the ground, man, its the most beautiful thing you could ever see, said Brown. He said he has never felt more successful. Not in mans standards, said Brown. But in Gods eyes. But God cares about the NFL, right? There are people praying to him on the field all the time. Yeah, theres a lot of people praying out there, said Brown. But, when I think about a life of greatness, I think about a life of service. Watch the video and read more ► cbsnews/news/former-nfl-player-farms-for-good/ Good stuff Amanda! :D
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 09:15:01 +0000
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