I had an epiphany this morning in my vehicle (as this is where I have a lot of my epiphanies - among other places) in regards to our work on the farm. Yesterday, I was reading through some of my journal entries voicing (?), noting, my frustrations with the lack of progress on the farm around the holidays last year. I noted that I was ready to either do something or walk away...the frustration was distracting to me. I wasn't depressed (that only happens when I don't get my way) but I was certainly feeling defeated by the lack of progress, issues with the neighbors, and no resolution in sight.
Since then we have had the back property line cleared and started putting in the fence. The
16,000,000 16 piles of trees have been moved to a better spot (creating a sort of fencerow splitting the cleared fields), and the fields have been disced, which makes it much easier to walk on without spraining an ankle. Not to mention things are really greening up out there and we have been trying to make nice with the neighbors.
But this morning, while sipping my coffee, sitting in traffic, I realized that I needed to have those moments of frustration with a lack of progress in order to truly appreciate the things we have accomplished in just the last couple of months. When I go out there, I can see things taking shape (yet it still looks pretty much the same as when we last went out there). When I think back to the fact that this land started off as 30 acres of trunk to trunk mesquite, I am amazed that we have come this far (even if it has been 3 years) and it makes hopeful of how far we can get in just a short amount of time if we communicate, plan, and prepare properly.
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