Good morning, World!  It’s Friday!

What a WEEK!

*It started by sharing a meal and an evening under the stars with a near decade-long friend and colleague with spouses.  Toasting marshmallows (even though it was 82 degrees outside) made it a near perfect evening.

*It continued with a 2000 mile journey in a truck with a weak fuel pump (which means it doesn’t run well – i.e. 15 mph max in the mountains, can’t pass or drive the limit, stalled in the intersection just East of Four Corners monument) spouse and pet alongside.  The slow truck required we pay more attention to the glorious landscape and God’s natural beauty.  We saw a sunrise and sunsets and a whole lot of humanity along the way.

*Thursday morning, a text, meal and an afternoon with an old former client and long-term close friend.  Meeting in a bar for a couple of burgers, a water and a Diet Coke doesn’t align with the number of beers we’ve shared together in the past but it proved we aren’t drinking buddies, we’re comrades.

These three real, bittersweet life experiences served me as reminders of my typical reason for looking for the ‘wrong’ (too hot, too slow, too sober) colliding with a genuine recognition of the ‘right’ (special colleague, compassionate and resilient spouse, genuine buddy).  It’s a matter of the heart over mind … over matter.  I can think my way through nearly any situation and it’s easiest by choosing not to feel while I’m navigating the challenges.  However, life’s latest lesson for me is that divorcing myself from the “feeling” dismisses some of life’s greatest offering.

We live in a broken world where bad things happen continuously.  We have to consciously, actively and purposefully look for the good, the beauty and the love…then reflect it, announce it and celebrate it!

WHAT a week!

Have a blessed weekend.