President's Message

“Move a muscle, change a thought, and you change your life.” This is a mantra often heard in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous or other 12-step programs. There is a simple wisdom in it. When our heads are working overtime on unproductive or damaging thoughts, simple physical activity can break that mental cycle and help us see things differently.

As we emerge from the winter (of our discontent?) and from a year of physical isolation, I have found a new perspective through beginning the spring cleaning process. I have smelled the dirt in my garden beds once again, I have seen buds on trees, wood smoke from fire pits fills the evening air, and I can take an after-dinner walk with my kids at 6:30 p.m. while it is still light out.

These things remind me of what is coming, of what is possible, of what is beautiful. And in doing so, I found that I have started to let go of the baggage of despair, take off the cloak of apathy, and hop off the hamster wheel of doomscrolling.

It feels good to move again!

Cooperatively,
Bruce