More Metaphors For Life
Just necking a welcome cup of coffee, about to set off on the final leg to Barcelona, and I've been reflecting on the last 7 days and all the riding I've done.
Riding a bike on tarmac is all about precision and control. It's about placing the bike exactly to where you want it to be, within a few inches. It's about leaning the bike over to the exact angle you need to get round a bend, and holding that angle with very precise application of the throttle and brakes.
On the road, you say to the bike "I want to go there. Now". Provided you are not trying to do anything that physics would disagree with, the bike will do what you ask.
Riding a bike off-road still involves a high degree of skill and mastery of the controls, but the focus is slightly different. You say to the bike "Look, if it's possible, and if you want to, I'd sort of like to be over there. When you're ready of course".
So I suppose that life is an awful lot like riding a bike off-road. There's only so many things you can control, and you don't always get what you want the instant you ask for it. All you can do is try to nudge your life in a particular direction and fate, when she's ready, will take you in that direction as far as she is prepared to.
All of the warm gear has gone now, and I'm down to just a t-shirt. That was a good call to buy that body armour, even if I look a bit like "Robocop Goes To The Beach" with it on under a t-shirt. I expect to hit Barcelona about midday, giving me time to find the boat I am on.
Given that I have form for dodgy navigation, this should be a laugh. I know that I am looking for a boat, so that means that I should be looking for water. So fate, if you're listening, I'd sort to like to be over there. When you're ready.
Riding a bike on tarmac is all about precision and control. It's about placing the bike exactly to where you want it to be, within a few inches. It's about leaning the bike over to the exact angle you need to get round a bend, and holding that angle with very precise application of the throttle and brakes.
On the road, you say to the bike "I want to go there. Now". Provided you are not trying to do anything that physics would disagree with, the bike will do what you ask.
Riding a bike off-road still involves a high degree of skill and mastery of the controls, but the focus is slightly different. You say to the bike "Look, if it's possible, and if you want to, I'd sort of like to be over there. When you're ready of course".
So I suppose that life is an awful lot like riding a bike off-road. There's only so many things you can control, and you don't always get what you want the instant you ask for it. All you can do is try to nudge your life in a particular direction and fate, when she's ready, will take you in that direction as far as she is prepared to.
All of the warm gear has gone now, and I'm down to just a t-shirt. That was a good call to buy that body armour, even if I look a bit like "Robocop Goes To The Beach" with it on under a t-shirt. I expect to hit Barcelona about midday, giving me time to find the boat I am on.
Given that I have form for dodgy navigation, this should be a laugh. I know that I am looking for a boat, so that means that I should be looking for water. So fate, if you're listening, I'd sort to like to be over there. When you're ready.
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posted by 2009 Dakar at
Saturday, June 30, 2007
1 Comments:
it looks to me like your whole life has been a search for some sort of meaming,purpose,and completeness.
it looks to me that you are becoming aware of a deep sense within you that seemingly directs you as if it were a compass navigating your essence
this navigator within you gives you a sense of knowing; directing you away from the trappings of mans sheepell-like structured thinking.
because it is elusive to structural thinking.
it is an in-between place that defies logic as humanity understands it
yet your hidden senses tell you, that what your eyes see, and your hands touch, is not all that there is.
you look around in a distant way and then you listen deeply, breath deeply, feel deeply, as you enter that elusive 'ZONE'.
it is then that you know that there is a veil between you and some other place that holds an understanding to that which you are.
then, without seemingly knowing,you want, and need, to become at one with IT.
if life is a journey, you are on it. enjoy the ride, experience the experience, and keep on trucking.
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