On 29 Oct 2004 03:02:22 -0700,
[email protected] (Maggie) wrote:
>Zoot Katz <[email protected]> wrote in message >
>> "It occurred to me that the greatest value of our bikes is that they
>> lead us to deeper enquiry. They carry us to new places within
>> ourselves. We learn very real things about our internal physical
>> functions. They expose the wonderous workings of our body/mind while
>> connecting us in the outer world. They take us there under our own
>> power at our own pace. Bicycles become our teachers and healers and
>> friends. They guide us through the greater world by prompting us with
>> questions and encouragement. Bicycles motivate us through the realms
>> of science, sociology and spirituality whether carrying us to the
>> corner or around the world. All we have to do is ride them. That's a
>> damn good deal."
I plan to explore this more in a subsequent posting, but Boo-Haw, Zoot. You
have described my life! lol.
>It is nearing 6:00 a.m. and I am going to go out and just pedal that
>cheap bike of mine. I am so glad to hear that this group is not made
>up of only young people. It gives me encouragement.
You are now at the foot of a mountain. The route up is like climbing
Everest... but...not...all...at...once! So it is doable. Terry Morse did it
in about 2 years, iirc.
In about a year, you will have learned the packing of the gear, the hiring
of the Sherpas (we call them domestiques, and are composed of family
members and friends), and travelling to that far away location (in the
mind). After a year, I am still learning to pack correctly, and operate the
mechanism, and uh, the mechanisms of cycling. I'm in the foothills of the
journey. It's all about the journey, and in cycling, it's no different.
Anyway, read a lot, listen to the ng members, weed through the joking and
punning, and find the wise-dumb within. Have you read the FAQ? If not, get
thee to it.
>Back in the
>Day...(I love saying that)...I used to think too much. It was
>required in the 60's. I would sit with my friends and overthink every
>aspect of life. Considering everyone was in fear of the draft and we
>were trying to change the world we DEFINATELY thought alot. Then I
Uh always helps to be able to spell the word you're putting in all caps.
Definitely, yep, yep. ;-D
>married and had three kids...at that point it was hard to think where
>I left my other shoe and my socks never matched. Sometimes I would
>think about where socks go after you put them into the washer but that
>was about it. Raising three kids reduces the intellectual brain
>function you once had and significantly reduces the amount of FREE
>TIME you have. I once had dreams of becoming a writer and living in a
>loft in the village
I am always trying to live the dream, and those that do, live it as much as
they can, as often as they can, but maybe inbetween the mundane. You don't
drop or lose the dream. Research the Craighead family. (Anyone remember the
Craigheads?)... Now THAT was a family to be part of...<sigh>
http://www.jhguide.com/Archives/FeatureArchive/2001/010530-feature.html
>and here I was in Suburbia putting on snowsuits
>and trying to find socks while packing a Dukes of Hazard lunchbox.
>Now thats over....the kids have grown and I am free again. Free to
>ride my bike through the greater world, I think that is a really DAMN
>GOOD DEAL. A DAMN GOOD DEAL!!!! Thanks. Maybe I will start writing
>again as well. I did my time in the trenches......Its time to connect
>to the outer world once more.....Now if I could only figure out how to
>earn a living without doing the 9 to 5 thing. Then I would really be
>free to be.
Heh-heh, I'm on the beginning of the road to live that life now. I'm
retired and the kid goes to college next year. I'm free to do
whateverthefark I want to do. It's a little bit exciting, and I'm on the
bike to find the road to the full expression of that experience.
>Peace and Stuff... 
Peace out.
-B
