Reflection

My heart hurts tonight. We are heading home early tomorrow morning and returning to the same routines as different people who have experienced much in a two week time period. I don’t feel that it is my time to leave, there is still so much left here to do. It is so fulfilling to be a part of something so huge that is still so personal. I have been overwhelmed by emotions that have rekindled my passion for people and the connections that are made.
Sometimes people choose not to act on something that they are passionate about because they think that it is futile, or that they won’t be able to make an impact. I have been guilty of the same thing. My time here with the farmers and the scientists from Costa Rica has shown me that one person, one laugh, one lesson, one insight, can cause a ripple, affecting everyone around them. I have grown exponentially being here. I feel as though I have lost so much time, and that I can’t get involved in the things that matter fast enough. My fortune cookie to you is that if you are standing still, it is time to move. The unnoticed, under appreciated, undiscovered, and uninvolved of this world are not going to move unless we move them. Move them by our willingness to act. Move them by our willingness to work hard for others and not ourselves, and move them with our genuine concern for the wellbeing of the environment and the people affected by it. -Roxanne