Tonight

Tonight, I biked.

One way, in the warm sun, panting and hurried towards my destination.

The other, in the cool of early night, under the clear and beautiful sky.

It was so quiet and so lovely.

I've discovered:

Biking satisfies my patience and impatience at once.

I wish to rush.  Thank God it's not a walking pace!

But I wish to be slow, and love the world around me.  Thank God it's not a car, tearing along down the road. I can stop and look when I want, and see well from the seat of my bike in motion too.

Oh..  The wind..  The open sky..  The quiet and the loveliness of a world I can take time to.. browse..  Like the shelves at a book store.

I love you, world.  I hope, Lord, you'll let me continue to do so in the ways I know best..  And love most.

We can never go back to where we were...  But sometimes, if we're very lucky, we can reach bring back and bring something wonderful from the past in to the present.

Tonight, I biked, there and back, 10 miles.  It was lovely.  And I can still walk, now that I'm home.  (and I am home..  oh, sweet home...)