New Vistas…

Greetings from Portland, Maine.

Almost exactly two years ago, Covid almost took me out.

Laying in an ICU bed struggling for every breath,

I began to think about my bucket list.

I don’t know if you have a list but I suspect that you do. Most people I know have a wish list for their lives and as you get older you begin to think about a concept called QTR: or quality time remaining. How do you want to spend the time you might have remaining, knowing of course, that nothing is guaranteed?

After all, I never dreamt my life might end as a result of a virus discovered in a Wuhan, China wet market.

So as I lay there wondering if I’d ever go home, I began to think.

What did I want to do with my quality time remaining if I was granted a Covid reprieve?

My list was relatively short and I think fairly modest: an escape place in Maine and another golden retriever.

Oh, there’s many other things I aspire to do in business and life and I’m out there trying, but time in New England away from the Florida heat and humidity and falling for another golden were at the top of my list.

And thanks to my wife Diane, both have happened.

I’m very grateful. Especially for Diane and for Gracie, our beautiful golden and our new townhouse tucked in the woods in the West End of Portland.

So, I urge you, my friends, to find your bliss and go for it, if it all possible.

Because life is fragile and time is finite and self care is important.

This blog consistently extols the importance of community and giving back and that’s something I try to do and enjoy doing.

But in order to give, we have to have gas in our tanks and sometimes we need to replenish.

For me, stepping away for a few weeks is a start. The change of scenery has been good so far.

You see new things, breathe different air and you feel your perspective change.

Of course, I miss my friends and my favorite haunts but I’m going to lobby my friends to visit and missing those favorite places only makes me appreciate them even more.

So I encourage you to think about your QTR and to try to make the best of your days.
Today, more than ever, it’s easy to stay connected to home, work, loved ones etc. But it’s also important to refuel, renew and restore.

I wish you all three and abundant health as well.

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