Five Minute Friday: Crowd

Five-Minute Friday: "Crowd"

By: Susan Deborah Schiller

A 5-minute writing adventure bloggers from all over the world are doing today at "Five Minute Friday" with Lisa Jo Baker. We write for 5-minutes, no editing… and then we share!

Far above the crowds, into the dark sphere of the earth, my mind travels to a place in the world where Inuit natives fish through the ice and the Northern Lights dance across the Arctic buttes.

I recently watched a film of a family from France with two young children who moved there, who live in a fishing boat, in a place where winter lasts 10-months out of the year. I see their smiles and hear their laughter. They left the crowd behind and in the cheerful silence of their glowing ark, this family has found a lasting treasure – of Time spent together.

Across the planet, my mind speeds to a country yurt in Idaho where a young family with two children have made their home in the wilderness – without electricity, not even an indoor toilet.

What gives these families so much peace and joy and contentment, so far from the crowds? The French family are no strangers to polar bears in their yard. The Idaho family have seen black bears in theirs.

Maybe the answer lies in the words of the French dad, "It's far more dangerous to raise kids under the constant threat of gangs and traffic and such."

When asked about their children's education and how they might prepare for the "real world," one again, wisdom poured from the father's mouth and I listened, in wonder: "We do not know yet what our children will need. They don't know yet who they will become. When the time comes we will all know and what they need will be there for them."

And I thought to myself, "Oh yes, this is true wisdom!" May I become more like these daring families, who dare to do something different. Who dare to be happy outside the crowds. Whose lives are making a difference, even from afar.

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Choosing love today,

Sue

PS  If you want to meet these two families, here's a video from the Arctic and here's a website to the family in Idaho.

Susan Schiller knows how it feels to lose everything: marriage and family, church and reputation, finances and businesses, and more. Susan's upcoming, interactive memoir, "On the Way Home," tells the story of how she came to be known as "the most abused woman" her counselors had yet met and how she learned to navigate her way out of hell to a rich and satisfying life. In her lifetime, Susan has served in duties ranging from home school mom – to pastor –  to full-time deliverance minister – and to Midwest regional prayer coordinator for a large international ministry. These days you can usually find Susan soaking in her favorite hot springs pool, reading a book (or several), blogging, baking bread, or hanging out with her family and friends. You can get a free copy of Susan's upcoming book, "On the Way Home" by registering here.

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