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Day 18
97 miles
My morning started with a little fuzz -- a bit of residue from my anger and darkness the last couple of days. The good thing was, I recognized it early and instead of going down that path, took inventory of the situation and made another choice -- a choice to be grateful for the things I have versus angry for the things I don’t. That shift made all the difference.
I know that being angry constricts my highest good. I make every effort to live to my highest good, to love with my deepest, most resonant heart. That can’t happen if I’ve shut down. Again, the anger may feel powerful -- and IS powerful -- for a moment. It doesn’t resonate, however. In fact, it’s a quick spend of energy followed by a low-energy hangover. These are all great lessons to relearn, time and again. The truly encouraging part is the recovery time -- if I recognize and make a different choice in short order, that shows me I’m in good spiritual/emotional shape; in the same way as regaining normal breath and heart rate after a hard run. The faster the recovery time, the better shape I’m in.
We’re about half-way into today’s ride, at a SAG stop in Benton, KS. We have two more days of Kansas, I think. Today we were off the main drag for the first 40 miles or so -- all back roads and local roads -- really cool. There were lots of turns but Chris did a great job of marking the streets.
The headwinds really picked up in the second half of the ride. I would much rather ride hills then have headwinds (“be careful what you ask for...”rings in my head). I was looking ahead to our course through Ohio/Pennsylvania and we have some significant climb days there. None of them top the ones we had out west, but there are several that will give us a workout, that’s for sure.
We cooked out tonight -- very delicious. Restaurants are nice, but there’s nothing like cooking out to me. These RV parks don’t compare (obviously) to the beautiful state parks my dad and I stayed at last year. But, we just haven’t made the commitment to staying at beautiful locations -- it’s more convenience for the work at hand, which is completely understandable.
Watched a little Dave Chapelle last night -- that brutha is funny. The laughter is so good for my soul -- tremendous healing power.
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