Most likely, this is my last day riding Schwinn, because tomorrow I move to the condo in Lantana. We can all look forward to meeting my new “ladies bike” awaiting me there. Still, it marks an ending of sorts – a transition. It’ll be six weeks to the day in Jupiter when I make my move.
Six weeks of many plans gone awry, turned upside down and sideways, along with a wide range of emotions – up, under and all over the show. I confess I’ve spent a reasonable amount of time wishing things were different than they are, even though my preacher-self was professing loudly to “accept what is”.
Despite my resistance, I have managed to learn, grow and discover new helpful perspectives in my daily rides and musings, while coping with the changes our lockdown-stay-where-you-are world has brought to everyone around the globe.
I’m more understanding and respectful of the virus precautions but I’m still concerned that when governments focus so intently on only one issue, they are inadvertently making other issues worse – issues that are equally deadly and widespread like hunger, poverty and homelessness.
I’ve made peace with the fact I won’t be home in Pisac for the next however many months. I’ve learned to live in the present moment finding what it has to offer me and what I can give back.
I guess you could say I’ve found stability in the here and now, in an otherwise not very stable terrain. I continue to trust that every day is a new adventure. And on we go.
April 26, 2020