"We need quiet time to examine ourselves openly and honestly...spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order." - Susan Taylor.
So, this is something I need to learn to do. I do not, as a general rule, enjoy quiet too much. Now, that's not to say that I don't love a day here or there with a big chunk of quiet time alone, away from my family, and the noise that that always brings but examining myself? Hmm....have to work on that one I guess. Yesterday I went for a bike ride. Now this is not in and of itself anything earth-shattering. You might say to yourself, 'big whoopee ding dong she went for a bike ride'...and you are right, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary as bike rides are concerned. However, as I was riding my bike I had some kind of an epiphany. Well, maybe not so dramatic as that. Okay, let's try this - I had a thought. (yes that's better). I thought to myself, 'It's so quiet and look how beautiful this place is'. And right after that I got a bug in my eye and then swallowed a couple more. And then I started cursing the beautiful bike ride and all it brought.
So if I was to examine myself openly and honestly during my quiet bike ride I would come to the following conclusions about myself:
+I don't like the taste of bugs
+Bugs in my eyes don't feel so great and tend to get in the way of trying to stay on top of your bike
+And I have a phobia that some big buck is going to try to attack me this time of year as I ride by, thinking I might be another buck coming in to challenge him for all the ladies.
-maybe I should just stick with running...
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