It's been a while since I've posted here! Busy with other projects and getting another blog up and running. Also occupied with a variety of writing projects, but it's time to get back here.
I've been riding my bike pretty consistently over the summer and enjoying it quite a bit. Lately though, I was noticing that I seemed to be getting more out of shape! It was harder to pedal on the flats and a little hill made me huff and puff like mad... Yesterday, I noticed that my back tire seemed a little squishy. I went to the local gas station which still has free air.. and... well... both of my tires were pretty squishy! I put some air into them and the ride home seemed better. This morning was the real test though... and what a difference! I was zooming along and I actually felt fairly fit! Which just goes to show me... I need to pay attention to my tires and when they are starting to get flat. They need an injection of air every once in a while. I thought about it lots over the last couple of months... "I should get some air in my tires"... but I never did.
Which is a good metaphor for life. We go through life, tanked up and feeling pretty good. But over time, we start to loose our umph... and we get more and more tired and draggy and we wonder what the heck is going on. We skip our yoga... or our prayer time... we don't get out into nature. We don't read books... and we end up dragging our butts through life. At some level, we know that we should be tanking up on "air"... the spiritual kind... we need something to keep our spiritual tanks recharged. Be we don't... until finally we do... and then we notice a huge difference! Wow... I should do that more often! A good lesson for us... let's not let our spiritual tires get squishy...
Mind you... I've been meaning to oil my bike chain for months too... and that hasn't happened either... hmmmm..