Musings at Altitude

In the Bible, Jesus said, “Let the children come unto me and do not hinder them.”  He was teaching his disciples that the trusting approach of a child was what was needed when we through our faith approached God.  As I watch my little granddaughter grow up, even after 4 weeks I see that trusting nature […]

I’ve been home for over two weeks now, the first time this has happened in almost 3 years!  I’ve taken advantage of being home to catch up on some of those parenting opportunities I’ve missed over the years…one of which is taking my 14 year old to the bus stop.  Now, I consider myself a […]

I met with several peers from our operating companies this past week, and we used this time to think forward to an optimum structure and an optimum strategy for restructuring our organization.  We weren’t meeting because of big problems inside our companies or because of any particular survival instinct, but instead, we met in a proactive fashion […]

My Mom and Dad celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary today with the not so usual trip to Red Lobster (an hour drive away) for my Mom to get her very usual 3.5 pound lobster.  These trips don’t come often anymore, since the Red Lobster near their home was completely obliterated by hurricane Katrina.  The long […]

I seemingly talk a lot about two things – probably too much – nirvana and serenity.  Nirvana is “an ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy”.  Serenity is “the absence of mental stress or anxiety”.  Both of these definitions come from what my daughter says is my favorite web site, dictionary.com.  After thinking about […]

Over the last 2 years while I’ve been serving in a senior staff role I’ve been dreaming of being back in an operational role, meaning back in revenue operations of some fashion.  My dreaming turned into a desperate desire about a year ago, to the point that I talked with my boss and compared being on […]

Hey everyone! its me the 14 year old again! my dad has been bugging me for 2 weeks or so to get another blog up so before me and my BFF(!!!) goes shopping i decided to write one since my friend just called me and said she was eating breakfast. Last time i wrote about […]

After almost 3 straight years of traveling (typically flying somewhere 48 weeks out of the year), I finally get business responsibilities near home here in Colorado Springs and stay home for the first of three weeks straight and my wife decides to take advantage of that and head to Wyoming to be with her grandbaby.  […]

A while back I talked about the reservoirs that I have – physical, emotional, and spiritual – and my challenge to keep those reservoirs filled.  My spiritual reservoir has been filled repeatedly lately by the healing of those sick, by prayers and uplifting from friends, and by the miracle of new life in our family.  […]

With my wife, oldest daughter and granddaughter out of town and my son (as usual) busy with other things, I got to go out on a date tonight with my 14 year old!  As usual, the verbal bantering was constant and the enlightenment I received about her life was tremendous.  For example, I learned the […]