I had a beer with a neighbor last night. We sat on his back porch and listened as the rain came pouring down. My friend is one of the finest men I know — he’d be there for you in a heartbeat. Just cream of the crop. I usually walk away from our beer conversations with more than a slight buzz. Last night, we were talking about the state of the world. While I think we were coming from it from two different directions, I definitely know we arrived at the same place. Things are broken right now. Things are messed up. Things need to be fixed somehow. Things are just, well, off.
But then I thought about how he approaches THINGS and I thought about that his hands-on, take action way of tackling a problem is about the only hope we all have to making the world better. While it is important to think big, the best place to start is small. Draw a circle around you and fix everything inside of it and move outward. Imagine if we all made the world right around us a little bit better. Even little gestures of kindness and helpfulness help. And if WE all did this, the compounding effect would be overwhelming.
We had an Albita Beeracuda, btw. I just had one — I was in the middle of drawing and alcohol is not a performance enhancer in any aspect of my life except for golf. Was it good? Like the discussion, it was excellent.