Thinking beyond the product...

Lately, I have had the chance to visit different production factories.
It has been an awesome experience to observe the amazing process that products go through before we can buy them at the store.

As a marketing student, I was taught to think about the client first.
However, this experience helped me realize that there is so much more I should think about when wanting to merchandise a product, or things I should think about when buying something.
I realized and learned about the hard-working hands that put all their effort to create the best products. Hard-working hands that depend on that salary to pay for school or to sustain a family. I am amazed of the commitment and loyalty this employees have. I realized I have been so selfish so many times, that I do not even think about the origin of a product, and I don't care if the conditions where people work to manufacture these products are the adequate. Sure, I can't do a lot, but as client, I have a say.
We, as buyers, have the power to choose those products and companies that are responsible with their employees and with the environment.  If you are not sure about the origin of a product, do a little research. Learn about how companies treat their employees, and do your best to support those companies that care about them.

Y a vos quien te inspira?

"Es mi Dios aquel que inspira la fe que sostiene en el tiempo la fuerza para vivir, la perseverancia para seguir, la  paciencia que no renuncia frente al contratiempo, que sostiene la mirada en el horizonte, que camina sobre el agua aun en medio de la tormenta, que ama en medio del terror que crucifica"  - Libro Jesús del Pueblo, Pag. 60 

Hoy leí la frase escrita arriba en el libro que estoy empezando a leer. Me encantó sentirme identificada con el Escritor, saber que ese Dios descrito arriba es real. 

Leer palabras como esas me dan energías, me suben los ánimos y me dan esperanza. Ésta frase me recordó que aunque no vea soluciones cerca, El está trabajando. Sólo debo estar en tune con El para saber cómo yo puedo ser parte de su equipo e impactar mi mundo. Esta frase me hizo recordar que así como El no se rinde ni pierde las esperanzas, así debo actuar yo cada día, cada minuto y cada segundo que me es concedido.