Good morning, Team! It’s Friday! (and time to go to the great Minnesota get together!!)

After 60+ years on this spinning rock and countless reminders of what I need to improve upon, I found a piece of the puzzle.  Pictured above is my “Lake” in a can.

When Jack Palance, playing the part of Curly, imparts wisdom in the movie, City Slickers, with a self-rolled cigarette dangling from his crusty, old, pursed lips, he dresses more than half the country down when he says, 

”You city folk, you worry about a lot of shit.”

“You all come up [insert metaphor] about the same age. You spend 50 weeks a year getting knots in your rope and you think 2 weeks [insert same metaphor] will untie ‘em for ya.”

“Do you know what the secret of life is?”

“One thing. You stick to that and everything else don’t mean shiiiit”

[Dramatic pause]

The question to be solved is down to, what is your “one thing”?

Even when we figure it out, we need reminders. I get distracted with a lot of things and I make my way back to sanity by lowering my blood pressure and untying my knots.

In addition to a regular bubble bath with my fancy new soap, an occasional trip to the lake, some golf, and a chance to visit with family and friends, I come to my senses.

*I used to think pursuing a pile of money was my one thing.

*Then, I used to think my one thing was solving problems no one else felt they could.

*I finally figured out, to love someone and to be loved by that person, is my one thing. 

+It’s not writing a blog

+It’s not riding a motorcycle

+It’s not turning around a business

{I enjoy all of those immensely but it’s not my one thing.}

Good luck figuring out how to untie your knots so you can deliberate what your one thing actually is. Bubble bath, Lake, deep tissue massage…yes, please. Then, with a clear head and minimal distractions, identify your one thing and try not to forget it.

Have a blessed weekend!

Eric