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I’m happily working stateside, spending time with my brothers in the Shenandoah Valley and catching up with childhood friends, while they are still above ground🤞🍀✨.
My wife Q is still exploring the world🌍 and she had a chance to see the oldest gold treasure and jewelry in the world, a necropolis in Varna, Bulgaria, that dates from 4,600 BC to 4,200 BC, that’s mighty old bling👑!
This picture is proof you can’t take it with you, right💀⏳?
As young’uns we’re all caught up in the circle game… earnings, status, ambition, trying to prove to ourselves and the world that we are “all that!”
And if we’re fortunate to live long enough, and we’re lucky enough, perhaps we gain a little insight…the external things are nice, but after achieving a certain level of income, an overabundance of wealth does not make us happy.
Contentment comes from connection, purpose, and doing our utmost to stay flexible instead of becoming brittle.
We can focus on what ain’t right or the blessings that surround us. Rob’s new rescue, Tank, is a handful, and he is filling their house with love❤️🐶.
Here are a few takeaways from my time in the Valley…
Nature recalibrates us🌲🏞️🧘♀️. Walking among the trees, breathing in fresh air, and soaking in the stillness of a quiet morning does more for our nervous systems than any app or device.
As a boy, I would see Massanutten peak everyday, multiple times a day, from the kitchen table where we ate our meals, and while walking to school. Of course I took it for granted.
When our parents died, we may have scattered their ashes on the peak you see below. Now, every time I take this walk near my old home, I am gifted with a lifetime of memories that warm the heart and connect me to my tribe🌞.
Being present is a superpower💪. Most of us spend time either reliving the past or rehearsing the future. Slowing down to notice now can be its own reward.
I’ve known Dr. Bill since I was ten, but hadn’t spoken to him and his wife Ramona since my father’s funeral a decade and a half ago.
Dr. Bill is a WW II vet who served in the Pacific campaign, a former chair of the Math Department at James Madison University, father of a close childhood friend, and also one of the smartest and funniest men I have ever known.
Serendipity plus a bit of effort gave me one of the most meaningful afternoons of the trip: reconnecting with a giant in my life, a man who spent time at Los Alamos, and is still contemplating the mathematical mysteries of the universe as he prepares for his one hundredth birthday in just over a week. Well done Dr. Bill👍💯🎂!
Meaning hides in small moments.
Last Saturday, three of us old high school classmates surprised another classmate with bagels and dogs and coffee☕🐶🤪 . We hung out in his backyard and Facetimed another overseas classmate and even chatted with his niece (whom we all know).
Taking a little bit of extra effort to connect will keep your heart supple and softer.
It’s not about going far — it’s about waking up to the beauty that’s already around us.
Connecting to others will prevent you from becoming brittle🪵❌🌿.
Be like Charlotte, for over a decade, she’s been supporting a non profit animal shelter with her time, her work, and her finances.
Most important, be like my brother Rob, keep squeezing the juice🍊 out of life and look for ways to help others!
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