What do you do when the bottom drops out?
Until 2020, I had blissfully lived my life unaware of the term COVID-19. The potentially devastating effects of such a virus remained relegated to the imaginations of Tinseltown flicks, produced solely to excite or unnerve us, like an amusement park ride.
But what was dreamed up in Hollywood as entertainment, it turns out, when faced in real life, is definitely not entertaining. It’s more like a dissident or slightly off key musical note or better yet, the sound of fingernails screeching slowly down a blackboard. It has set us on edge.
The journey ahead is on all of our minds. We are all looking for inspiration to move forward to face new challenges.
We’ve all experienced extra time in our schedules this year. With that extra time, I’ve focused on completing two daunting projects.
Eleven long years ago, I purchased a 1968 Airstream with every intention of restoring it. Once again, I blame my Grandfather, Martin Cupp for this. As I have mentioned before, it is he that handed down to me this appreciation for the process of bringing something old and faded back to a semblance of its original glory.
I finally completed the old Airstream while being reminded of the great man that was my Grandfather. I think he’d like how it turned out.
Simultaneously, while restoring the Airstream, we’ve been evolving our brand with the a new website, officially launching with this newsletter.
Although these two things are completely different, they represent the common denominator of simply moving forward.
So, what did it take to bring about this change in our routine? Something very small. So small that it takes a microscope to see it.
Every so often we have to be reminded it’s those invisible, unseen things that can move us most to fear, or to awe. Then again, it is also invisible, unseen things that we value most—Faith, Hope, and Love. We value these unseen things because of their source of intrinsic Good.
Perhaps being reminded of these things is a good way forward when the bottom drops out.