Published May 6, 2021, 10:00 AM
Society always taught us not to give up. But sometimes, giving up something important allows one to move forward and find their own happiness.
Such is the case of Helen Joy Icogo Cejar, 57, a full-time agripreneur in Davao Del Sur. In 2017, Cejar decided to close her school supply store to look after her 94-year-old mother and to start an edible garden that can provide healthy meals for her family.
Not only did she give up a business, but she also stopped getting projects as an on-call research consultant in a non-governmental organization (NGO).
At 57, Helen Joy Icogo Cejar found renewed sense of purpose as a gardener after she stopped her school supplies business and left her part-time job as an on-call research consultant in an NGO.