Reply #28: That also is a hopeful post. [View All]

[Gregorian]

Thanks. I cannot put into words what just went through my mind as I read your post. Obviously, knowing that I'm not alone. But also that our state of mind is the foundation of our lives and of our perception.

It has been an interesting morning. I have been tuning into a London based radio station. Resonancefm. Today there was a show on bicycling. But more along the lines of the social and cultural side of it. To ride a bike is to see firsthand the power that people control and use and abuse. I may have already mentioned this. But I think it is an extremely important observation. The show this morning was discussing what it's like to ride among the cars. And also how there was the connotation that biking and communism were somehow connected. And how it was even demonized, because of the apparent dangers that existed when bikes got onto the roads with cars. People dressed up in black clothing and had races. But more than that, there is the freedom of movement with a bike. The lack of much need for other people to be involved in supplying "stuff". Like gas and oil and parts and even roads.

Anyways, I'm off to go ride. It's absolutely gorgeous. There's a redwood forest waiting for me. People have no idea what they're missing. Sometimes I have to stop and laugh to myself as I fly through the woods, realizing that all over the planet there are people stressed out in their cars on asphalt roads. And I'm all alone with the trees.

Here's where I'll be in an hour-

By the way, right where my bike is I found a large arrowhead. That means this trail was used by American natives. It gives this trail a significant meaning to me.