Paradise is Never Easy

Paradise
is never easy
and when you get there 
you finally realize
that life
is like 
nothing like you thought it was
heaven made 
a big mistake
for lettin' you in

Welcome to my new blog! 

My name is Nate Olive and I am the director of Ridge to Reef. 

Paradise is Never Easy is a song I wrote about living here and how the image of paradise is here but in fact it takes a lot of work and failures to make this place, or any place, what it is.  Some see it as paradise, others see bush. Are any of us really worthy of paradise? Once we get there, then what do we do?

Join me and our amazing staff as we continue this experiment of the Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute as Ridge to Reef Farm.... remember, it's not the destination we are living for, but rather the journey. As my friend & mentor Ray Jardine once told me, "Paradise is right under your feet."  So perhaps paradise is not something we physically make, but a perspective we choose to have. Or maybe it's both. Hmmmmmm  what do you think?

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