![]() It was also a time when I could just focus on being in the moment. It was my time for thinking and working through the challenges I was facing in my life. Testing yourself, increasing your strength, or on tough days, just making it back home always created such a feeling of accomplishment. You push yourself to your edge to see if you can climb those hills a little faster, or increase your pace across a flat stretch of road by 1 or 2 miles faster than last time. When you ride a distance like that, you have to know how to pace yourself so that you have enough energy reserved to make it home without calling a friend to come pick you up. It was a way for me to push myself to my edge. Riding like that did several things for me. ![]() It was right after my divorce and I had little money to take a vacation anywhere, so it was what I used my vacation time for. Some people thought I was crazy, but I loved it. It would usually take me about 4 to 5 hours, and when I got home, I’d crash for a few hours, then go pick up my kids from school. I would ride out to one of my favorite coffee shops, have a ham, cheese, and egg bagel sandwich for lunch, then head out to finish the long loop all the way home. The Long RideWhen I was really into cycling, I would take off work every other Friday morning and head out on a solo 72 mile ride. Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life. But are were short changing ourselves by taking the easy path? So much of the technology that is created and sold in our lives is all about convenience. We whine when things don’t go how we want. This extends to so many areas of our lives - the way we eat and shop, the way we find entertainment, even how we date. ![]() So much of our lives are built around convenience. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.ĭo you think that life is meant to be comfortable? Do you make choices in your life to take the easy path and avoid discomfort? If so, then you may not be living a life as full as you could. The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |