Musings at Altitude

I’ve been deeply involved in day long sessions for the last 3 days, and they wear me out.  It’s hard to focus on anything when the day is done.  It reminds me of those very intense, months-long proposal sessions where you get the head aches from so intensely looking at something and then you are completely fried when it’s finally over.  And I still have today and then all of next week as well, with the 5 day meeting next week about 4,000 miles away from here.

But I wanted to share one thing this morning.  After all the scrutiny, all the bureaucracy, all the critical assessment of what the operating companies in our billion+ dollar enterprise are doing, last night I was reminded of what makes this company so very special.  As I went up to shake the hand of one of our board members who had just recently lost his wife, he embraced me in a big hug and said, “Thank you for the prayers”.  As we hugged, I whispered, “You and your wife were being raised up in prayer all over the country”.  He said, “I know”.  And he smiled.

For all the struggles I have at times with the things going on and the changes being made, that hug, that love, those tears, and that smile made everything else so irrelevant.

In that short embrace last night, I remember now why I joined this company.  I remember now why we as a collective team on an incredible journey are so special.  I remember now why all those other irritating things are so small in comparison to the real story within our story.

It’s good to be reminded at times, isn’t it.