With every stroke, with every ounce of me, I move forward. Pulling myself through the wake of life. Today, I cross a pond. Tomorrow…I challenge the ocean. – Ash
Bike Writer # 44 – The Paddler
Category: mental health
Bike Writer # 43 – It’s Not About Always Being the Best, It’s About Always Being You!
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. – Henry van Dyke
Far From Home
I walk this earth an alien
no place here for a castaway
surrounded all the time
still alone
My blood, it’s not like yours
it repels
it taints
it makes things you love disappear
Journal Entry # 183 – You’re Stronger Than You Think
Pray not for a lighter load, but for stronger shoulders. – Augustine of Hippo
Bike Writer # 41 – For a Spell, For a Flower
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journal Entry # 182 – Embrace the Space
Explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. – Edward Abbey
Bike Writer # 40 – Paint A Beautiful Life For Yourself!
I went for a bike ride today. A small one, but it was enough to make me realized something. That moments like this are really, just little paint strokes on a portrait of my life. So, the more strokes I take, the more beautiful I make the big picture become. – Ash
Journal Entry # 181 – Here’s a Splash of Reality
Like a river, you too will lead to something much bigger. – Ash
Journal Entry # 180 – Be Someone Who Smiles in the Rain
Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet. – Roger Miller
Journal Entry # 179 – Not Then, Not When, Just Right Now…Live!
Life is not what happened back there or what might happen up ahead. Life is like the rhythm of the heart — every breath, every blink of the eye. It is beat by beat, moment by moment. This…is all there is. This…is all we need. – Andy Puddicombe
Earth To Ash 