WV Farm Bureau Magazine August 2016 | Page 21

Young Farmer and Rancher Update Susan Wilkins, YF&R Chair I’ve heard from more people than I can count that they have missed my article in this magazine over the last few months. It has been beyond flattering to have so many tell me how much they enjoy what I have always considered ramblings, and sometimes even rants. It is an eerie experience to be in a gas station in Hardy County and to get more involved with church and community organizations. Finding time for things like Farm Bureau is a constant battle. for a perfect stranger to approach me to ask why I haven’t been writing anything lately! else. And in a few months, that might change for something else. I don’t really have a good excuse. I could blame work. I could blame two truly precious nephews. I could blame my involvement with too many volunteer organizations. I could blame a new house. I could blame a lot. Sometimes life just gets in the way. Sometimes life just goes so fast that you can barely keep up. As long as we remember a verse from Matthew 6:21, that’s ok. Matthew reminds us that “for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Be sure that your treasure is worthy of your heart and your time. Young farmers struggle a lot with keeping up and keeping balance. We are working our farms, starting careers, building homes, starting families or looking forward to starting families, and being asked There are four things that matter the most to me. Four things that I put above everything else -- my faith, my family, my farm, and my friends. Everything else happens in the very rare spare time outside of that. Balance in life is a precarious thing. Sometimes one thing in life will take precedence over everything Think about what you are making your treasure. Take some time to slow down and enjoy an afternoon on the front porch with your family and friends. Sometimes you have to say no to something else demanding your attention, but time missed with the people you love and care about is time you can never get back. West Virginia Farm Bureau News 21