I’m out for a walk this evening. It’s beautiful. Temperatures are not too high. It’s not too cold. It’s just about how Goldilocks would like it.

I’m doing my best to stay active. Not just because of Quarantine, but because it’s a good way to be. It has a lot of benefits, a few of which I’d like to share here:

1. I like that I can go out every day for half an hour and my performance depends completely on me. I’m not competing with anyone else. I get done what I set out to get done. I choose to do this for the betterment of my own health. This, for me, is one of the best things I can do.

2. No where else do I get the opportunity to think as clearly and breathe as deeply as I do on a walk. I love getting a chance to get my body moving and let my brain explore new thoughts and ideas. Sometimes new ideas refuse to show up, but I am giving them the opportunity to do just that. More often than not they appear.

3. I like the fact that I’m out where very few people are. I don’t often see people out in my neighborhood taking advantage of the beautiful weather. It’s nice to be out here where it is calm and beautiful and peaceful all at the same time.

4. I do it because it’s awesome.

How long has it been since you’ve been on a walk yourself? It’s great exercise, it’s great time to think, and it’s great time just to be out in the world God has made. I challenge you to get out and do the same. What’s stopping you?

My wife and son. When this year started I would not have believed that we would all be working from home like this and that I would be home full time for over a month. Who actually thought this could happen.

I am not thankful for the virus. However, I am thankful that when hard times come I have two amazing people to hunker down with.

I pray that wherever you are that you are safe and surrounded with those you love.

Verse 1

Sitting in the back of the chapel, hid where no one sees. It is hard to take in what’s happening in front of me.You look just like an angel standing in your dress. I’m here speechless, I have to confess. Because I am not dressed in my tux, standing next to you and some other guy will go with you on our honeymoon.

Chorus

It is all my fault that you chose not to stay and it has never been more clear than it is today. I have watched you all this while wearing that smile, and I die inside because You are the one that got away.

Verse 2

I wasn’t surprised the day you left though my heart was torn in two. It took a while to see that I was no good for you. I wish I could go back in time and be a different man, but sometimes its too late when you finally understand that you danced with an angel who had come down to earth and never took the time to really see her worth.

Chorus

It is all my fault that you chose not to stay and it has never been more clear than it is today. I have watched you all this while wearing that smile, and I die inside because You are the one that got away.

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I am glad that he could give you what I could never give and I pray that you find happiness for as long as you live.

Chorus

It is all my fault that you chose not to stay and it has never been more clear than it is today. I have watched you all this while wearing that smile, and I die inside because You are the one that got away.

Verse 1

Who am I? I don’t remember. Time keeps passing by. I find myself in mid winter, a haze covers my eyes. I walk down this road now, no one is here to feel my pain. But, I know I have to keep moving on and I will see the sun again. I will see the sun again.

Chorus

Carry on. Carry on. Put one foot in front of the other. Carry on. Carry on. What else have I to do? What else have I to do?

Verse 2

No I don’t know where I am going. I just can’t go where I’ve been. The winds of change keep blowing on and on. I don’t know where I’ll land. I have hope that there is more than this, that this life has more to give. One day I will make it through this dead land. I will finally start to live. I will finally start to live.

Chorus (3x)

I don’t know if I was ready for it. It hit me this week that my role has reversed. I used to be the young one. I used to be the newbie. I’m…not any more.

I have been working at home for the past 5 weeks. I was on a team video chat the other day and one of our newer guys was talking about how he hasn’t had his hair cut in a while. I told him my hair looked like that in 1995. His response? He wasn’t born yet.

Tonight I was on the phone with an older friend I used to work with. I relayed the story above and he told me, we’ve all been there. And it’s true. I just didn’t see it coming.

The roles have reversed. I am now the older one. I have to be the example. I get to help others. Wait, this isn’t so bad. This is the way it’s supposed to be.