​I like flowers.  I don’t know much about them, but I like them.  Except for the most well-known (like a rose), it would be unusual for me to even know the name, but I like them.

​Life can follow challenging paths.  It can lead to frustration and anger.  It can bring sadness; even grief and loss may be included.  All of this can generate fear.  The path can unfold even more: exhaustion, drained feelings, and the experience of all energy – emotional and physical – having been spent.

​It’s pretty easy to think of many things which plague us, some of the time or all the time—the Coronavirus springs to mind. There’s a whole host of things of one kind or another that get into our days.  We can get wrapped up in a litany of problems and challenges.

It was 2009, January 15th of 2009 to be exact.  Sixty seconds after take-off the Airbus 360, US Airways Flight 1549, ran into a flock of geese.  

In the business world, it is sometimes said that paying close attention to the daily details is the path to long-term success.  The concept certainly applies to running a farm or operating a small business or even managing a household.
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This afternoon I heard a somber observation...