Happy ho, A never ending love affair. I fell into love with words - got hooked and changed. How did it start ? - Nearly twenty years ago. I did my army service and was bored and did not like it. Made me ready for the BIG ESCAPE. And I wanted to go by motorcycle. Due to whatever reason my capta�n said that I should drive and maintain his truck - which I did and which gave me a lot of free time. So I spent time in the little army library and there was this book ' Zen und die Kunst ein Motorrad zu warten '. ' Ah, interesting '. I took it from the shelf. It said (of course in German) a how to do your life guideline. ' One of these trips. Mind and soul catchers. ' But I had a look anyway because it said ' motorcycle maintenance ' in the title. But then (this is always me translating and collecting from the past. I do not have the ZAMM here with me) in the introduction I read that this book does not deal directly neither with Zen nor with Motorcycle Maintenance. ' What is this about then ? '. The poem on the first page: ' Was aber gut ist, Phaidros und was nicht, m�ssen wir danach erst andere fragen ' This was the moment something woke up in me. Something I forgot in school. Interest but deeper than just interest. I opened my senses and had a real close look. ' This guy is travelling on a motorcycle. He is saying something about good pacemaking with the emphasis on 'good' not on 'pacemaking'. ' What is he talking about ? - The words dug deeper - or I dug deeper with new tools. Deeper into my own feeling of ' not belonging here ' , into ' something is wrong, but I can not put my finger on it'. I read the book and sat in my truck and sometimes found me even weeping. One day a sergeant came along and told me that I should descale the truck. This would have taken a year or so, but I was willing. I started with the tow bar. After six hours or so the tow bar was radiating. The serge came back - had a look - said: ' This is good so. ' and never showed up again. I must go now. Thank You for being around, MOQ.org - http://www.moq.org
