Sue Crutcher's Blog

We are torn between the deep-seated, although often unarticulated, knowledge that we are here for a reason; that there is more to life than what we are giving or receiving; that all of us, as individuals, have a higher purpose and the conflict of getting caught up in day-to-day tasks, responsibilities and duties; trying desperately to ‘fit in’ and be ‘normal’; to not stand out from the crowd; to not make waves or be different.

In this duality-based world, this confusion has become our norm. It confounds many of us. Some question. Many choose not to. It is a choice. It is our questions which drive us. Drive us to seek further knowledge; to peel back layer after layer within ourselves; to push ourselves beyond our comfort zone at all levels – physical, intellectual, spiritual and emotional – all in an attempt to find our true essence.

At some point, we reach the conclusion that the time has come; it is time for us to stand up for what we believe in; to realize our values are important; to acknowledge our strengths and differences; to allow others to see who we really are – to shine our light to illuminate not only our path, but the path of those who follow in our footsteps. And so, often with great trepidation, we choose to become a leader.

Without leaders, multitudes will continue to wander aimlessly; digging themselves deeper and deeper into their ‘reality’; moving further and further from their potential. The very thought of this wounds the leader within each of us. Hence, the trepidation is overcome through choice.

This is true not only in personal endeavours but in BUSINESS as well.

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If you are — take a break!

It’s important to balance business and pleasure; not to separate but to be sure they all blend in well to the whole picture of our life overall.

Today, I baked lemon squares and a lemon poppy seed cake (I usually do my baking on Saturday or Sunday so we have the snackies for the week). My husband was in his workshop varnishing the wood trim on the canoe so it looks spiffy the next time we go on vacation (oops … that’s probalby in a couple weeks … I forgot again! It’s hard to keep track of all this vacation time); then he set up the template to do a test run for a sign for our trails this summer. We’re deciding on the colour combinations soon.

Then, after a lunch of homemade vegetable lentil soup (I admit there was some wine in it) and a sandwich; we headed up the 100′ subescarpment hill to the greenhouse — on snowshoes. Then, we switched to cross-country (nordic) skis and toured the outer loop (6+km) for about 1.5 hours with Emily (our puppy). Then, back to the greenhouse to warm up, water the plants that are in holding pattern. I trekked back down the hill to start preparing for a talk on Tuesday night by printing off the handouts for 50 people.

Now, I’m creating the ‘widget’ from Amazon to paste into my website so that people have the opportunity to purchase directly.

More tomorrow…

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!

Sue

Tags: baking, Balance, cross-country ski, exercise, nordic ski, snowshoe, weekends
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