It has been a busy time here at Common Roots with some exciting news all around. The recent historic Solar Eclipse in our region certainly added to that excitement! Through it all, we’ve welcomed lots of new faces and new places to gather with old friends and make new ones. The opening of the Albany Outpost and our new event space and Café at the Bierhall & Barrel House has kept our team very busy.
On Eclipse Day, I personally struggled with the idea of staying local or heading north to experience totality. In the end, I opted to stay home and enjoy it at our Flagship in South Glens Falls. As the time of the eclipse drew near, we had a biergarten full of friends, customers, and our amazing staff listening to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and looking skyward. It was at that moment I knew I made the right decision. I was where I was supposed to be…and I was grateful! Any possible FOMO had vanished because I was thankful to be there in the company of so many good people.
As I was thinking about this edition of Lifting the View, I came across a quote from Ann Voskamp, a Canadian author, that seemed apropos. I wanted to find a message that could capture the importance of being in that moment because I really believe it made a difference:
No amount of regret changes the past.
No amount of anxiety changes the future.
But any amount of gratitude changes the present.
I think this also says a lot about how we feel at Common Roots. Our journey both as a business and as a Foundation has certainly come with challenges and a certain amount of anxiety. Through it all, we’ve always seemed to find a reason to be positive and present in the moment. In fact, the one thing I feel that has always been our strength is the ability to appreciate the good things that are always present around us. Inevitably, that good is often found in the people we work with every day!
In that spirit, we would like to take this time to recognize and thank the incredible people that make up the human resource here in our company and in our Foundation. We wouldn’t be here without them, and for that we are eternally grateful.
THANK YOU ALL!
