Good morning, Team!  It’s Friday!

In commercial aviation vernacular, if you don’t make your connections, you suffer delays, frustrations and other possible mishaps and miscommunications (lost luggage, lost opportunities, disappointment, etc).  This is a primary reason why Carole and I live in a hub airport city.

*We minimized airline connections necessary to get from where we are to where we want to be.

In technical terms, the market areas I currently focus on; Power, Communications and Oil & Gas systems …connections are the most vulnerable points.

•The ends of power cable and the splices are the common points of failure leading to outages.  No one likes a power outage.

•Transmitting light long distances is challenging and we’ve become used to lightning fast data speed and super high reliability.  The fiber optic network transmitting all of that data in real time is susceptible to weak connections.

•Oil and gas pipelines are in the news quite a bit because of the hysteria that a pipe connection may leak and cause damage to the environment.  Pipeline integrity and safety is a very big issue for the O&G industry and they do not take connection failure lightly.

*The utilities that bring primary elements to the quality of life we enjoy today maintain connections to ensure safety and reliability.

On the personal side, connections are so critical for the circle of life from cradle to grave, literally and figuratively, that one could argue nothing else really matters.

I’ve been blessed to know a number of really good people who have unfortunately suffered breaks in their primary connections recently.  I would argue that this type of a break is the most devastating impact physically, financially, and emotionally.

-One friend I met with this week shared he was hospitalized twice in a week by the triggering event of his spouse stepping out and eventually filing for divorce.

-Another friend lost his long-time-hero-father of 93 years.

-I’ve come to notice that when my connection to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is severed or weakened by the busyness of schedule so I’m not praying daily, I lose my sense of Peace and I quickly get misaligned.

*There is plenty of argument to be made that you need to maximize your personal connections.

Everything else will fall in place.

Have a blessed weekend!