Thought of the Dave

Good morning y’all and Happy . . .

• International Day for Achievers (HEY! THAT’S YOU!)
• National Cheesesteak Day (grab the hand sanitizer, masks and gloves – let’s head to Philly)
• National Cocktail Day (is it 5 o’clock yet?)
• National Cleaning Week (boy howdy!)
• Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
• American Red Cross Month (if you’re asymptomatic and otherwise able – I’m sure your blood donation would be welcomed and appreciated)
• National Caffeine Awareness Month (I’m about to go make myself aware of some caffeine – pray for me the coffee shop downstairs is closed today)

First off – let me just say how proud I am of each and every one who’s reading this – YOU ARE APPRECIATED! These are extraordinarily abnormal times – unprecedented – and daily, and in numerous ways, you keep stepping up, handling business, taking care of you and others around you. You’ve handled yourself, and your work with purpose, with grace, and you’ve demonstrated professionalism over and over. The days have been long, the effort put forth has been tremendous, and you have, are, and will shine! Thank you.

We all read, see, and hear the news; many of us are inundated with social media to boot – we know this pandemic and the measures being taken by our local, state, and federal governments and other agencies are far from over. We know that we and all those we know, love and encounter will continue to deal with the effects – and likely in ever-increasing ways; hopefully dealing directly with the virus and the health impacts will not be among those. Our world is reeling, and none of us have gotten a pass from any of these effects.

I don’t know what the rest of today, tomorrow, the near, nor the far future holds with regard to challenges and impacts as related to Covid-19. What I do know is that whatever it brings, YOU are up to the challenge; WE are up to the challenge; eventually victory – whatever that ultimately looks like – will be OURS!

I also know that some of the best medicine we can be giving to our world, to our customers, to our associates, to our friends, and to our families – smiles, positivity, reassurance, a heightened sense of comradery, and kindness. We can’t pour enough of that out into the world – so give all you got, to everyone around you – and ideally, you’ll be receiving even more in return.