Good morning, Team! It’s Friday!

I’m in Denver, just another stop in my travels and despite the wind, the weather is gorgeous! 76 record breaking degrees yesterday yet the snow cap mountains provides beauty that feeds the soul.

The blog is a little late, perhaps to make todays point in a demonstrative way. As one close men-tee used to say, “I’m not slow, I’m just an hour behind.” Colorado is known for many things including their fondness for cannabis. The hotel I was staying at provided a waft or two that made it clear to me that more than one were imbibing. Not I. No tats, no dope, no messing around … but the straight and narrow, with head buried and nose to the grindstone may be taking things a bit far.

As an engineer, we find genuine comfort in the fact that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. In business, efficiency is lauded, if not required. The reinforcement to stick to a straight line has been relentless and I have respected the laws of physics, complied with the expectations of commerce and perhaps missed some of the joy in the process.

After 51 years of obediently minding the straight line amid constant reminders of smelling roses, drinking a second cup of coffee, and nurturing my spirit, you’d think an educated man could convert compelling cajoling into practice more easily.

My wife is smirking at this point and saying to herself, I’ve been telling you that for 30 years! Disconnect, pay attention to the people around you, put your feet up and lay in that hammock instead of just looking at it.

Nature demonstrates the need for buffers, transition, cartilage (to keep bone from rubbing on bone). We are compelled to lift our heads, take in the expanse of God’s beauty and … enjoy the journey.

Enjoy this blessed weekend!