Ooooh, Lithocarpus! Active contemplation on a bike ride is a beautiful way to wrestle with life's core questions, and none is more core than death. Backwards as it seems, our understanding of death defines our understanding of life, and our value, meaning, and purpose. May your rides help you find peace, value, meaning, and purpose!
With abandon, Patrick On Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 7:37:29 PM UTC-6, Lithocarpus wrote: > > I spent the better part of four hours wandering around trails near my home > in the Napa Valley trying out the new drivetrain on my hillibike-ish > Atlantis. I nearly always take photos on my rides. I've done this for > many, many years and used to take actual cameras with me before the advent > of good quality cameras on phones. This shot is from the top of Conn Peak, > looking south over Lake Hennessey. > > I spent the better part of this ride pondering death. A colleague at work > died suddenly this week and I've been processing all of it. I've lost a > lot of people over the years, as we all have I'm sure, but this one has > bothered me in a different way. He was in his late twenties and it makes > it all feel really tenuous. Being on my bike, riding, climbing hills, > helps keep me grounded in the here and now and cope with the bigger > mysteries of life and death. It's another form of meditation. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/36c72f3d-2314-42bf-a4fa-813871ef16bf%40googlegroups.com.
