Its Good to Try Something New!

March 23, 2010 in Uncategorized

We are just back from the Regional Centre Retreat – something we try to do once a year – it helps to have some time to reflect on our achievements and also try and ‘out’ some of the challenges (although thats not always that successful) but also do something new together. Well this year was mangrove planting and I don’t think we expected it to be quite so muddy although we were rather ominously told to bring very old clothes to wear.

So donning our old clothes and brown synthetic socks we were off into the mangrove forests, soon to be up to at least our knees in mud – we planted 200 new plants which in 2 years time will be helping to bind together the coast line and allow animals to roam freely.

But what did this activity do for us? I don’t think it was a quick fix for the team, our challenges still remain, but what we were was brave enough to try something new – to get out there and do something different – to stretch ourselves – to get out of our comfort zone and that we should recognise and celebrate!

What’s it to be next year?

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