Bike Writer # 39 – First, Put the Bike Together!

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. – Mary Oliver

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

This was last year in the park.

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

Journal Entry # 178 – Together, We Will Overcome

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller

Quarantine (Haiku)

Picking rain touches
seen there beyond the window
blending with our tears

Journal Entry # 177 – If You Think About It

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. – Swami Vivekananda

Unbroken

Dead of winter
as the winds howl
I’m still out there searching for you
footprints quickly cover
forgetting how far I’ve come
my hands, no longer feel
my breath, stolen
my eyes, blinded by this storm
my heart, almost empty
my will…unbroken