i was just overwhelmed again tonight how very lucky i am…
i have sustainable agriculture coming out my ears! i spend all day writing about it, reading about it, thinking about it. i’ve just been given a new research project (in addition to my thesis) which i am super duper excited about. how lucky am i? i love this stuff so much that i even blog about it after hours.
and to think that, 3 years ago, i was lost… wondering what to do with my life. knowing i love plants and nature but not knowing what to do with that love. then i found the masters programme, took a leap of faith (putting all my life savings into the course and begging my mom to let me carry on living at home, at the ripe old age of 27) and here i am.
the happiest little person alive. sure, it’s stressful. it sucks being so poor when your a lot of your friends have jobs and stuff. doing a masters is lonely work, all day here in front of my pc. but man oh man. how the universe rewards you when you risk things to try something your heart desires.
i guess i sound like a gloating little spoilt brat. maybe i am one. but i’m just so happy and i wanted to share that with you all. who knows what will happen to me after the thesis is over. will anyone hire me? what kind of work can a white city-bound female get in agriculture?? (this thought stresses me out a LOT). but, for now, i am happy. and i am going to revel in that feeling while it’s here. so i guess that this post is not so much about gloating, as it is about gratitude. thank you universe for this year. it’s been one of my best so far!
lucky girl! and lucky us, too – we need enthusiastic folk like yourself to help move us away from unsustainable mass agriculture and into earth-nurturing food farming. bravo!
By: mothercityliving on June 24, 2008
at 12:34 pm
It is wonderful to read such positive words in a world that is increasingly negative. Bravo for finding your passion!
We all need to remember the good in our lives and be happy for what we have instead of focusing on what we don’t or what is missing. Thank you for reminding me.
Your happiness is infectious!
By: Loulou on June 24, 2008
at 1:31 pm
My passion is not that far from yours. I started out looking for an alternative to fertilizers and found earthworms, and that’s what I do now. But it has also shuffled me right into the recycling industry.
By: Vernon on June 24, 2008
at 4:23 pm