GRATITUDE for.. SALT, Downpours, and Downed Trees

For TONIGHT…my loves…I am grateful for…

1. SALT. Especially of the “off shore” variety. As it drifts off of incessant, rushing, wildly unmanageable crashing ocean waves.  And while it initally enters your PHYSICAL self..it also permeates..

your SOUL.

It soothes…

heals..

rejuvenates…

REMINDS you…that you …

HAVE…

LIFE

And it is worth living…

2. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. 

Which descend upon you “mid-pedal”.  And your close to tears as the rain pounds down on your unprepared A$$ ‘cuz you thought you could “beat the storm”. The water streams down your neck, pools in your shoes, and as tough as you might “appear” ….you absolutely HATE HATE HATE GETTING YOUR FEET WET!!!

But then… you suddenly remember..what it was like to once ride …wild..wet..dirty..

FREE.

And even though you’ve returned to your destination and can finally embark on drier conditions indoors…

you elect to pedal on past anyways.

Enjoying the rain as it continues to pound down neck,

pool in your shoes,

and washes away your sweat, angst, tears..and..

THAT FEAR…

to ride…

DIRTY,

WET,

WILD, AND…

F.R.E.E.

3. DOWNED TREES.

Because they are gone..DONES-O…

FINITO.

COMPLETELY UPROOTED.

Everything they have grown and thrived on has been completely ripped out from below.

There is NO HOPE..

We…ARE…

DEAD.

But perhaps..

PERHAPS..

Even an uprooted tree…

Can reinvent itself…find a NEW purpose…and new reason to ride on…despite the dirt, rain, or fear.

So here’s hoping that YOU TOO will:

1. Breath in some salty air…so get yo’self to the ocean STAT!!
2. RIDE…the way you once did, in whatever capacity that means to you. So that you are reminded what it is to be….dirty, wet, wild, and most importantly…
   FREE.
3. Allow yourself the FREEDOM…to UPROOT ….and REINVENT yourself. Its NEVER NEVER NEVER too late to discover …a NEW PURPOSE.

Until next time my loves…