peering outside a hotel window...

here i sit... atlanta georgia lights down below... missing my son something fierce. i'm on the tail end of a trip to our home office, to attend annual planning meetings.
the week was well spent and three small inconveniences later, i finally have a return flight in the morning. the pistons/spurs game is on in the background to provide some sense of white noise but i'm more consumed by the downtown observations i'm making, as people rush to get to their place of destination, wherever that may be.
you know, we really are an impatient society. i'm just as guilty of this as anyone else but i've recently acknowledged the need to slow down and pay closer attention to things i've often taken for granted.
in fact, perhaps you'd be interested in joining me and being thankful for the clothes on your back, roof over your head, and food either recently digested in your stomach or whats yet to come in that department. i might be focused on these things slightly more than usual tonight because as i sit here thinking about BJ, i'm absolutely grateful that he hasn't been without these basic needs. God is faithful and i have been very fortunate to be entrusted with BJ and the countless blessings his life has brought to me.
i just closed another memorable conversation with Joney, who always seems to have impeccable timing when it comes to longing to hear that special voice. you know, the one that brings comfort in the rain, among several other things.
it does happen to be raining at the moment, literally and figuratively. i tend to flash in and out of these moments the most when i go long periods without seeing BJ. the beauty of this story is that (Lord willing) just as the sun will rise tomorrow, i will have a new day and one that delivers me from this anxiety, with a poetic cadence that lands in my son's arms.

i'm pleased to have 2007 behind me but completely aware of how much i needed 2007 to become what i am today. what an amazing transformation this past year has been and continues to be in my life. God continues through His mercy and grace to introduce me to new levels of humility and transparency.

i'm listening to the new radiohead record lately... checked out on them years ago when the electronica passion replaced pure rock, however this latest effort returns to the some of their original roots and is their best offering since "ok computer." i would recommend picking up "in rainbows" whenever time may allow.

i'm reading mitch albom's latest book "for one more day," or at least attempting. i read more when i'm on the road so it shouldn't be long before i'm completely through this trade book. i intend to read tony dungy's autobiography next. something about him and the way he lead the colts to greatness that always intrigued me. the characteristics of a silent leader, there's something more behind that than i may realize and i'm curious if (since i've always favored this approach) somebody with similar values could teach me a thing or two. actually, i already know the answer to that question before i ask it... as do you. of course.

i should probably turn in and make up for some of this lost sleep lately. until next time...