We had a solid discussion on why we work today. A good friend said that as we go through life, our motivation to work changes from “survival to significance.” In my life, I have seen motivation for working mature from personal survival to personal significance, then to family survival and on to family significance, but finally to providing significance to others.

Spring is the Period by Emily Dickinson.
From Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Published in 1955.

Spring is the Period
Express from God.
Among the other seasons
Himself abide,
But during March and April
None stir abroad
Without a cordial interview
With God.

Lenten Roses at my home on Frances Avenue

Jeffrey Marx quoting high school football coach Joe Ehrmann in Season of Life, reminds me why road trips, short term mission trips and time "with the guys" is so important. The team was making an overnight road trip to New York from Baltimore to play a nationally ranked school. At the end of August, I will be on an adventure not unlike this with a good friend and another dozen or so men with SAR Adventures. The Google Earth picture of the location is below the quote.

"And then there’s also the whole ‘adventure’ piece to making a trip like this. There should always be some sense of adventure to being a boy, and this is really the best kind of experience a boy can have, because it’s an adventure being done in community. When you’re in a new place, new environment, the unfamiliar forces you to rely and depend on each other. So walls come down and we get a great sense of cohesiveness, a oneness. The boys will always remember this as a great adventure, and the relationships will always be tied into that. They’ll always be right at the center of the memories."

This week is special, not because of the TPC at Sawgrass, but because today is the day that our King arrived and in 1 week the day that he was victorious. I have to fully agree with John Ashcroft’s much criticized speech; living for the King "promises us the greatest potential as a nation and as individuals." I am challenged not only in philosophy but in action to follow the highest authority for my personal and business life. Thankfully, the company agrees.

Many thanks to Dr. Youssef for the lead to Ashcroft’s relevant speech.

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. [3.11,12]