Thursday: Writing

Everything does indeed happen for a reason and I am beginning to see the omens with eyes more practiced in seeing, and I can see that I am being carefully guided toward my Personal Legend. My universe operates on kindness, and kindness paid is kindness returned, so I must always remember to conduct myself in a positive way. It is not always easy to smile upon a stranger, especially if that stranger's own lack of self realization has made him a negative black hole, but I will do it.

Sometimes when a dream comes true, it takes on an unexpected shape. After all, things always look different in the daytime. Our dreams are heightened shadows of our Personal Legend that upon waking, turn into a reality that is sometimes quite peculiar.

In other words, I think I've got a handle on the situation. I never doubted myself - but I was scared...as we all are when we descend into the cave. But just hold on. Just hold on.

I like this. I am happier with this.

Somehow life found me climbing two sizable hills on my commute to work three days a week with a bag loaded with a change of clothes, my lunch, and a u-lock.

One morning my bag was particularly heavy and my legs were particularly slow to warm up, and I crawled up on my first hill, lazily over-spinning.

"It's okay," I told myself, "The bag is heavy. You have an excuse."

And then I realized:

"No, there is no excuse."

I threw myself into the hill. Not surprisingly, I jumped forward and the momentum propelled me onward, like a sail catching wind.

"There is never an excuse."

Writing September 10 2009