Its true there are times when my work in its entirety in the situational occurrences of daily problems, hassles, issues, emotions, and in general simplicity can be quite irritating and certainly at times boring. 

In the world of produce whether it be organic and fair-trade or conventional as I have said a million times we like everyone else in the bulk of our days are “PAPER PUSHERS”.  Not a job I ever saw myself doing but as a lady with a good work ethic I do it diligently and with great detail.  For sure like every job there is a silver lining.  My silver lining is the travel I get to do an not only just the travel, but the people I get to see & meet and the places that I seek out along the way.  I have a philosophy when it comes to travel, when you travel far for work, seek out pleasure and learning in the same area, just for the heck of it.  And thus no matter how busy I get or how much I have to do I always allow myself to not only go off the beaten path of work but to stay a little longer in the place of work, get to know the people I am working with from a far a little longer and enjoy the culture to which I am visiting.

So as all my blogs thus far seem to have a theme for me not only in the experiences I am living but the learning that goes along with it.  This one is quite unique at a quite a unique time for me.  You see I happen to be in the midst of some growing pains, yes still growing at 37 years of age!  Life is not always as simple as we would like it to be, it’s not always laying the exact path we want it to but if we look clearly we can see the direction it wants us to go and I believe our job is to hear this call, and follow it, it leads to more growth and happy times for sure.  This latest journey took me to 3 different state sin Mexico for not only what was some amazing work we do, but the journey took me to parts of myself that apparently I could only discover while in the middle of Mexico, enjoying life and witnessing others doing the same.  Since I was a little girl living in Nicaragua, I have been consumed by watching others in the world happy and content with so little, it is a marvel I have and an ideal I wish was more coveted in my own land.  This latest journey was a reminder of how simple life really is and how happiness is simply a state of mind that yes is sometimes difficult to remember but truly not so difficult to achieve.

So whether it in Barra de la Cruz watching the professional surfers, or in Uruapan with the small blackberry growers, or in Morelia watching people just be, the moral of the trip was contentness and capturing the moment in front of you and in some cases like the surfers, don’t be afraid to go all across the world just because there are good waves.  Follow the direction of moving ahead in life, that is what I learned, don’t fall into the rut of negative energy, we are paper pushers some days and we are world explorers the next!