Another Day, Another Ride

By Jamie Gilroy

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

And yes I learned another really valuable lesson today.  It was a lesson I get to learn over and over: another day, another opportunity for a new point of view.
 
This afternoon I got to play on that other wheeled transport of mine - the bicycle.  I could feel the pull to get out on the road and pedal myself silly.  It was crazy windy out but for a change I didn’t care.  I settled into a nice easy warm up and my mind was calm and relaxed.  It felt good to experience a totally different state of mind than 2 days ago on my guilt trip. 
 
And that got me to thinking how amazing our innate state of being is.  It is like a muscle that with some training gets used to functioning on a certain level, vibrating on a certain frequency of equanimity and happiness.  Since I have made the conscious choice to devote my life to keep evolving in awareness, that muscle memory makes it easier to find a place of contentment.  It remembers. Do you know what I mean?
 
I picked up Andrew at his house and we took an easy spin around Old Town and settled in a nice cadence.  We got to talking about the way people treat each other and how we can get tweaked by another person’s attitude.  We talked about not taking things personally.  I mentioned the huge ah-ha moment for me being when I finally took full responsibility for that amazing experience called My Life.
 
We pedaled along for an hour this way talking and enjoying the pace.   I smiled thinking how good it felt to be free in that moment.  No guilty story.  Just present and accounted for.  Riding with a friend on a warm spring day. 
 
Just another day and another ride.  
See you out there.
J

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