Good morning, Leaders! It’s Friday!

I’m not a chemist and pH balance is not my forte’. I’m just a guy who notices things and when they make me curious or chuckle, I write them down.

I’ve had the good fortune of being home most days the last few months so I walk our dog, take her to the vet, spoil her rotten so she’s here and happy when I’m not. She’s Mama’s shadow, snuggle buddy, snack hound and furry baby. You get the picture.

We have new neighbors. Seem nice enough and they have a large, older, female yellow lab. It let’s us all know when her Mom and Dad aren’t home. I couldn’t help but notice after the new neighbors moved in, their grass started dying.

I also noticed that when OUR dog soaks the grass, it grows faster than the area around it.

The other day at the vet after a $1300.00+ dental bill followed by a $350.00 check up and “other maintenance”, the vet asked me the question, “Would you say her quality of life is good?”…are you shitting me? I coughed a little, smiled and said “Definitely.”

Now we all know that dog breeds have typical behaviors, typical ailments, and typical life spans. The longer they live with us the more attached they become. Simply put, pets enrich our lives. We don’t want that to stop so we extend their presence as long as possible, usually disregarding the price tag.

Pets are a $60B+ industry in this country alone. (This figure is staggering but at least I know I’m not the only one taking out a loan every time I visit the vet.)

So I have to ask the basic question, when you pee on the proverbial lawn, are you killing it or do you make it grow? Does the reflected quality of your life enhance the life of your organization or does it kill it off? When you walk out of a room after sniffing around, wagging your tail and leaving behind…pearls of wisdom…were people happy you dropped by or just happy you left?

If an honest answer isn’t the one you want, what are you doing about it?

Have a blessed weekend!