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A fantastic evening.
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Posted:Jun 11, 2008 7:06 pm
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2024 4:29 am
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What a fantastic evening this was. My motorcycle club has a regular Wednesday evening ice cream social and we had a good turnout tonight because it was the first cool evening since last week. PA is at the end of a heat wave and we were all happy to get out without the high temps. After we ate and had ice cream some of us went for a ride along the river. It felt wonderful to have the cool air flowing over me instead of the awesome heat we had over the weekend. We rode about 30 miles down the river to the next bridge then crossed over and came back up the other side to see the sunset. The sky was beautiful. Just enough clouds to give us a breathtakingly vivid sunset. It was absolutely spectacular and we had a fantastic view from the bikes. It was a great end to a great evening. The only thing that could have made it better would be to have a lovely lady on the back. Ladies, the job is open if anyone is interested.
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Life does not have a rewind button!
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Posted:May 29, 2008 11:36 am
Last Updated:Apr 29, 2024 4:29 am
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Life does not have a rewind button. That is a good thing.
Sure we have all wished we could have changed something we just did. We wish we could have reversed the mistakes we made, especially the big mistakes.
Would that be a good thing to do? I think not. Life is not a dress rehearsal, so don't treat it like one. When you make a mistake just roll with the punches. If you are still alive to regret what you did, it couldn't have been that awful. We should learn from our mistakes and use them to improve our lives. As Friedrich Nietzsche said "Whatever does not kill me makes me stronger."
I have been made stronger by my mistakes. It took me years to get out of debt, but I did. I did it without bankruptcy or asking for special deals from my creditors. I signed an agreement with them and they lived up to their part, so I had to live up to mine. It wasn't easy but I did it. I will never be in debt again because I am stronger.
There is really nothing I want to change in my past life. At one time I thought my life would have been better had I gone to college instead of a trade school. Sure, I would most likely have earned a lot more money, but what would I have missed? One of the answers is my three beautiful grandchildren. Had I gone to college my whole life would have been different, but would it have been better? I would probably have never met the woman I married. The woman who gave me two sons who always make me proud, who always have made me proud, to be their father. Those sons gave me my wonderful grandchildren, whom I adore. We have been divorced for 22 years now, but we were destined to bring those into this world. No one else could do that.
How many times have you written an initial email to someone here on HotMatch.com and after licking the SEND button you realize you left something out, or wished you had left something out? I do it all the time, but is that a bad thing? If you still get to meet the person you sent it to then it wasn't too important in the big picture. If you don't get to meet them maybe they weren't right for you in the first place.
The past can't be changed. The future is unknown. We live in the present. This is where our actions have meaning, in the present. Think before you act in the present, and remember your past mistakes so that your future will be better. When you make a mistake don't sit around wishing you could change it. It didn't kill you, let it make you stronger.
P.S. In keeping with the title and theme of this essay I wrote my thoughts just as they came to me. I didn't reread or rewrite it. Sure it could be better if I did that, but so what? It didn't kill me.
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Bikers are True Friends.
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Posted:May 28, 2008 12:59 pm
Last Updated:Jun 5, 2008 11:13 am
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Earlier today I came across classynsassy1's blog entry titled [post 1389622]. It got me thinking about my friends. I am an avid motorcyclist so many of my friends are bikers. Please note that I said friends, not acquaintances. There is a big difference. Acquaintances laugh with you, friends can laugh at you. When you are in pain acquaintances offer sympathy, friends cry with you, biker friends cry for you. Acquaintances don't know where you buried the bodies in your life, friends know where the bodies are buried, biker friends helped you bury them, no questions asked.
All bikers are my friends, whether we have met yet or not. That's why we wave to each other on the road. Who do you wave to?
If one of us is on the side of the road we stop to see if they need help. Do you do that?
When traveling I have met other bikers at highway rest areas, gas stations, and in the middle of the Mojave Desert, and we strike up conversations as if we have known each other for years. When was the last time you met a stranger somewhere and spent the rest of the day with them and had dinner together before going your separate ways? I have done just that several times.
I believe that all bikers share a common soul. Our passion for riding binds us together tighter than blood lines ever could. For one thing it takes a commitment to learn the skills needed to operate a motorcycle safely. We accept the risks of traveling the highways without a steel cage around us. We respect that in each other.
I am sure other lifestyles may be similar, sailing comes to mind, but they are not quite the same. I am fortunate to have friends inside and outside of the motorcycling community. My civilian friends are many and I cherish them, but I would not expect them to cry for me, nor to bleed for me. I have my biker friends for those things.
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