Day 170

Several new developments are finally about to debut. This, after months, and in a few cases, years, of work. The business world calls this R&D. I call it trail and error.

The only difference is in the budget that sustains the research. When your budget is less than your FTP, you have to search for alternatives. You have to get creative, You have to see value in things that were designed and produced for other uses.

A PVC pipe becomes a mono-pod. A 1/4 x 20 threaded rod the vital connector between ball and socket. A Hollywood codec the only one that renders final product to appear as if shot there.

And, most importantly, an attitude that leaps the chasm from failure to success. This, I have found, to be the attitude of perseverance.

You simply must stay with it.

DO NOT GIVE UP.

It is the same principal we use to qualify for Boston, finish an Ironman, or complete a project. In each there will come a time when you will be tested. Your commitment, your ability to keep a focus, your skill to improvise.

GET IT DONE.

It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be.

And from there, we have a prayer. We can add the polishing touches, test some more and maybe, one sweet day….

…witness the result we have waited for, worked towards and held in our hearts and souls as something of value.

Such a sweet day.

(Or is it just the first day of Summer?)