Riding my bike reminds me of the way my life unfolds. Sometimes it's a planned route like the Pacific Big Ride, Flying Wheels or America's Most Beautiful Ride. Sometimes I just get on my bike and ride. I don't always know where I'm going. I have a loose idea of what I might do but just as often I end up doing something entirely different - end up on a ride that is so fantastic yet so different than I ever anticipated. That is my favorite way to ride - to just climb on my bike and discover where my legs and wheels will take me.
Life has been coming at me this week. It hasn't turned out in a way that I thought or anticipated - yet it is not entirely unexpected - it is hard and sad and difficult. But sometimes on my rides I have a flat tire or I fall and hurt myself or I lose my way - none of which keeps me from climbing on my bike again. That's how I'm approaching life too. I'm going to go with the flow, I'm going to enjoy the ride, I'm going to look for the gift in everything; even the things I'm not so sure about.
Amen Sister - a good way to live.
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