Inspiration

Last weekend Brad and I had the opportunity to attend the annual Young Farmer Leaders’ Conference.  The conference is for farmers in Michigan who are 35 or younger.   The conference is a great time to network with others who are passionate about farming, and hear many different opportunities with in the agriculture industry.  

This year we met a few new people, spent some quality time with some friends we don’t see nearly enough and rekindled some relationships with a couple we haven’t seen since last year’s conference.  I expected the conference to be educational about current issues in agriculture, and how to better our operation.  But the most valuable information I took from the conference was motivation and inspiration that I wasn’t expecting.

 One speaker talked about being careful who we surround ourselves with and being mindful of our own actions before being critical of others.  “Wow”, I thought, “Look in the mirror before pointing my finger at someone else!”  I appreciated this advice since it is a difficult yet important thing to do.  The speaker also urged us to learn from bad experiences, and focus on positive things.  After all, there ALWAYS is something positive going on in life.  Life is too short to be anything but happy, so love the people who treat you right, and wish well to the people who don’t.