Aftermath and other odd calculations

It's a quiet morning at the office, 'cept for the birds and the wind rustling through the trees, and I have to say, I'm kinda grateful for the quiet after the last week. Crazy week! Crazy busy! But somehow we got it all done and now as I look around at the aftermath - like a tornado, I have to smile and remind myself of how typical we are for a small business ---and we're still alive and kickin' so there are no complaints, really, worth any merit!

Another realization this week is that we have now officially moved from "starve-up" to growth phase of our business. Yeah, we still live hand to mouth and cash flow continues to be the real challenge (again, very typical), but I see the majority of our challenges change now - we've traded in our old woes and worries for newer ones. Things like processes, communications, forecasts, and dare I say it...meetings! Yikes! Yeah, I'll have to dust off all my managment/leadership/teamwork training and plan this next phase of our growth.

I love what I do, and this business has my heart and soul entwined in it...and quite literally, my blood, sweat and tears...but I know...truly know that this next phase will be the hardest for me personally ---and my greatest fear is that it will ask me to make a choice that I'm not sure how to make. I read recently, that when asked to choose between two things, a child of nine said, "I choose both" ---when confronted that that is not the choice presented, he replied, "Why Not? You've obviously forgotten the meaning of the word."  So yes. My choice? Both, naturally. Why Not? Whose rules are they anyway? I choose both. :)