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' - 17w Presfiient’s Comer President the Federated Women's institutes of Ontario Dear W.I. Members: I . AsI write this article it is a cold snowy morning in early spring and as you read it. it is probably a hot summer‘s day. So let us for a few moments con- template Sol 'Kendon‘s versei CAN’T WIN “When summer comes. I'll not complain; I‘ll welcome summer’s heat again! That‘s what Isaid. I must confess. When snow and cold had caused distress. Now summer's here: the heat is up. And I am panting like a pup. When winter comes. I‘ll not complain I‘ll welcome winter‘s cold again!" How difficult it is for us human beings to be satis- lied.r I suppose this is good in a way because disâ€" satisfaction wnh the status quo leads to change. But before any change can be effected we must de- ctde what‘s to be changed and how it‘s to be done. We make many decisions in a lifetime, some of no great consequence. but the sum total of our decisions determines the happiness or wretchedness of our lives. Life is a series of daily decisions from the minute we open our eyes in the morning until we close them at night. Do you remember these famous lines penned by Robert Frost? "Two roads diverged in a wood. and Iâ€" I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference.“ The questions facing us are always the same. What do 1 do? How do I decide? What shall I choose? The truth of the matter is that a person does absolutely nothing Without havrng first decided to either do it or not to do it. The most difficult part always seems to be making the decision. - Each one of us decided either recently or some time ago to join a Women‘s Institute. Did each of us decide at that time to be an active member or just to belong? Perhaps many members are still struggling with that decision. The road less travelled seems to be reserved for the faithful fewithe really active com- mitted members. Choosing that way certainly makes a difference in the life of the individual and in the or- ganization likewise. What roads have you travelled since joining the Women’s Institute? Have you chosen the essential road when asked to become an oliicer or a convener or did you take the easy one and refuse to act? 4 Mrs. Herbert K. Maluske, Phillip Brooks said. is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing. as to think you can do everything.” Your part in-the Women’s Institute is very Essential to the functioning of the organization. A kernel of grain never filled a granary but it certainly helps H5 fellow grains to do so. Your small service in the Branch may even many times pass unheeded and .m_ noticed but the sum total of your deeds performed along the less travelled road is what makes the Women’s Institute better this month than it was >i».[ month and strengthens the whole structure. Wit 7 difference travelling that road will have made to v. ‘ I think ofthe many 4-H Homemaking Club'l 1. ers and Senior Project Leaders who chose the din ii way and decided to lead a club or a project even \. they themselves were no expert seamstresses or I What a difference travelling this road madel I heard it repeated time and time again just its y have. “Why. I‘ve learned more than the girls.“ M. them have excelled in the art ofsewing and cookii. Exactly the same principle applies for all '. who attend a Workshop. a Food Forum. a ‘ 1 Course. 21 Senior Project. an Officers Conference - Convention, The ultimate reward is in the decisit travelling the necessary path and attending the i tion. The Area Conventions are looming on the hor Have you travelled the essential road and sent in reports on time? Or did you take the easy way an: bother to do it?â€"thereby ruining your Area's L'il for one hundred percent reporting. Have you you in readiness to pass on to your succesaor or was it ier not to bother compiling one in the first place? ‘ you informed those who are working on registra serving on committees. helping with the program etc.. what is expected of them? From the Officers” Conference this year. Branch delegate who attended doubtless came l'i inspired with new ideas she was anxious to try planning to use as time goes on. Are you going I willing to try a new plan of action in programme V. entation? Or are you planning to continue walkin: easy way and criticize the advancement of ti things differently? It 'is essential to pep up our ii: ings to try to attract new members. It is not going 1 easy because it will require work but it is necesszii' increasing our membership and for influen younger women tojoin our ranks or to form a Bl'u of their own. Another essential road to trod where a great dli ence would be noticed is in the research part ol resolutions. It is easy to present a resolution, The t‘ cult part is in doing the research necessary to sum it. This essentially should be done before the rest tion is even presented to ascertain if it ShOUld brought forth. to make sure some aspects of it have already been implemented. and to establish that i not contrary to the aims and objectives of our org zation. Will your decisions make a dilTerence in the ful efi'ectiveness of the Women‘s Institute? I hope so WWW (/‘t t1