Monday, November 15, 2010

Hanging up the bikes

Last week sometime, we were cleaning out my garage and took the time to hang up the bikes. As we were doing so, I kept myself from saying the words that I wished we could go for one more ride. It seemed so "final" for the season to be putting them up.

I wondered to myself... ok, so you think you didn't take enough bike rides this summer? Why not?? What stopped you, in all the wonderful days that you had? Why are you hoping today for one last ride, when you could have had dozens earlier.

Huh.

Good thought to ponder, and motivate myself to "take more rides", whatever that ride may be, when the time presents itself. I know what it felt like to want one more ride as we were hanging up the bikes, what about all the other "rides" that I forego in life? What will it feel like when I've run out of time for them?