Come Monday

If change is such a wonderful thing, why are there so many books that try so hard to convince us that change is good? Saying goodbye to a number of friends this week at work seems to amplify the rate of change. There has always been change here. One only look at a 5 or 10 year old office phone listing to see how things change, but this time seems different somehow.

So here are my two takes on change. It’s been a long time since I’ve leaned on the source of all TV wisdom Northern Exposure (which is now seriously having it’s TV wisdom spot challenged by The Big Bang Theory).

The first reflection is a melancholy ballad from the closing montage of the series.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRlaZ5zBDjA

The second video snippet frames each of us moving forward from this point.

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJgt-HO0_kY&feature=related

“Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.” James Joyce

Perhaps another time I’ll tell the story about how I wrote a whole term paper around “It’s not the thing you fling, but the fling itself!” for an MBA class – got an A.

The most wonderfully creative thing I’ve heard this summer came from South West Airlines announcing that they are introducing Flt: 717 Lubbock to Dallas and Flt 1984 Dallas to Lubbock will be added to their schedule in memory of a fallen team member of theirs. July 17th, 1984, being Greg’s birthday. Greg was a Texas Tech grad and football fan. Having to park in the far corner of the auxiliary church parking lot just to get a space for his service spoke volumes to the quality of change he brought to so many others.