I bet you thought this was going to be a pearl of wisdom with a connection to bike or car racing? Nope, it’s about the book I just got done reading “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein. The book is written from the perspective of the main character’s dog “Enzo” and his observations of life and the situation as it unfolds. In order not to spoil it- all I will say is that it’s an easy read a great story.
I was on the bike for a couple hours last night thinking about the story and what the main character “Denny” goes through. Funny where your mind wanders to when all you have to think about is suffering for a couple hours. With that I have a new perspective on some of the things that are happening in my life. These are things that I have been over thinking, things I have little to no control over. This is something I need to remind myself of regularly. Lately I have been trying harder to make things happen, but apparently it’s simply not the right time. Some higher power has seen to it that I need wait a little longer. In the mean time I will keep having a kick ass time living the dream and working to put my life in place taking one small step at a time toward the ultimate goal.
I need to be patient and instead of trying to force things take a step back and wait for things to come at the proper time. I believe the word I’m looking for is finesse, thus the correlation to Racing in the Rain. It’s OK to pressure a little, to drop a wheel off the tarmac and take chances occasionally but you better be prepared to get punted on your ass because quite simply it IS going to happen.
It’s a fine line balancing risk and just trying to power your way into or through something. You just can’t run WFO all the time! That’s something which has become really clear to me in the past few weeks.
