Another Year

So, I’ve decided to stay another year. For those friends and family that I haven’t told yet, I’m sorry that this is the way that you’re finding out. I was not the easiest decision to make. I kept going back and forth weighting out all of my options and what would be best for me. I wasn’t sure if I made the right decision…would I regret it? Is it the right thing for me? In the past few weeks, I’ve been asking myself many questions about my future and which path is for me. Yogi Berra, the famous catcher once said when you come to a fork in the road, just take it! I’m taking my fork and running. I’m had a few instances lately that have reassured my decision.

On Saturday, I took the farm club on a trip. We left the village after the kids showed up 30 minutes late (we had a long talk about that). Our destinations for the day were some greenhouses and an organic training center. The kids loved it! They kept asking such great questions and just wanted to learn more and more. Many of them kept coming up to me and thanking me for bringing them on the trip. They got so much out of it and just want to learn more. This was so exciting for me. Next year a big part of my job will be agriculture education. 90% of this country is engaged in agriculture. We want to teach our kids advanced skills to allow them to have useful abilities and knowledge for the future. They said that they want to visit the places again to learn more. I want to incorporate those things into our farm so that all the kids don’t have to travel far to learn. Before and after the trip, many other kids have come up to me asking to me in farm club for next year.

Monday was my last time teaching yoga to a group of girls. I tried to make the class fun and also teach them how yoga can benefit their lives. I wasn’t sure what they thought. For the last class, I let each of them lead their favorite pose for the group. Everyone was excited to lead a little part of the class. At the end, I asked them what they thought about yoga and how it can benefit their lives. They said many ways that they feel that it will benefit them.

These are 2 of the reasons that I want to stay another year, to bring more farm education to the village and work with students to find better ways to manage their stress, anger, and emotions.