07/06/2026
On social media it is so easy to show the pretty things, and hide the ugly. And because this is my business account and I try to focus on fiber I have not been sharing some of the "ugly".
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Recently I have taken over my Dad's property, (where I live with my family), and we are watering, something that was previously done by an employee of my Dad. We use canal water which should arrive in the village tank between 1 and 7am every 9 days . Before the water arrives we have to open and close "doors" (dams) the night before.
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The water is not arriving. In the past 3 months we received water twice. This weekend we saw that our water was being stolen. We also cleaned out the dead fish from our dried water tank where we normally store our irrigation water. We don't know how many of the trees my Dad planted 25 years ago will survive. We don't know what to do. Many of our neighbors have illegal wells which are reducing the water table, so that doesn't feel like an option.
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This isn't easy, and at times it is frustrating and heartbreaking.
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However, I am generally an optimistic person, and with my family we want to find a way forward with the resources we do have, and find beauty in the small things.
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for the longest time I thought this song said - "I'm gonna be an optimist about this" and not - "How am I gonna be an optimist about this" - I like my version better 😊
