Do you ever sit down and contemplate life? I heard it once described like a box of chocolates, 6 fully appreciates that concept that was the 60’s version of life. Today we are much more sophisticated thus old outdated concepts no longer hold any water. If you are interested in the correct way at looking at life read on, if not open that box of chocolates and eat on.
Think back about two years ago, on a bright sunny, windy, humid, and hot Tuesday morning. 1, 6 and 8 decided to brave the elements and experience the beauty of paradise while sitting comfortably on the rented bikes from our old standby “Gator Bikes”. As we all know, when a group gathers for a bike ride, for the first 10 minutes we do nothing but ride circles in the parking lot determining which direction we are going to ride that day. Now under normal circumstances, that sounds reasonable, but on Kiawah Island you can only ride east or west, so in reality there is not much of a choice. Per tradition, we rode around the parking lot for several minutes contemplating where to ride, eventually a final agreement was reached to ride on the beach, which directions was going to be determined by the direction of the wind. ( Now tell me that is not decisive) As we all know riding on the beach with the wind in your face is really not a smart thing to do, unless you are in training for some professional sport. We finally arrived at the beach and the wind was blowing from west to east, which is normal for that time of the day, so off we went up the beach passing the sanctuary on our way to the ocean course. It was an awesome ride, the wind at your back made it effortless as we passed several people who had completed their journey up the beach and were making their way back down the beach. It was at that point that 6 was really getting concerned because, it sure looked like they were working really hard to ride, but were not making very much progress. 6 chocked it up as they were having the normal struggles of life. After about 15 minutes we completed our ride and if we wanted to continue we were going to have to ride on the Kiawah River because we had reached the end of paradise. As we made our turn we quickly noticed that the wind was blowing right in our faces at about 30 knots, even 6’s hair was blowing in the wind! After riding about 20 feet, 6 knew that this situation had to change, because he was never going to make it back to the condo. It was at that point we all decided to get off the beach and back on the road ASAP. The first place we could have made that exit was at the ocean Couse, which was only about a ¼ mile that was good no problems 6 could do that. Off we went, and rode right past that exit point. By this time 8 was about 50 yards ahead of 6 and 1, so we just keep following, and after which seemed to be about an hour we reach the next exit. This exit was the one for the pool that all of the rich people hang out! We did get off there and made our way back to the condo on the shelter of the roads. It was a long winding road, being sheltered from the wind actually made it a pleasant ride.
What does this have to do with life??? Well it is simple, the ride up the beach represents the times that all is going well for you, but at some point in time you will run into disappointment. It seems as if your life has reached a real crossroads or put another way the beach has ended. You then have to face the facts that coasting is no longer an option. At this point there is head winds that make every day more difficult than the last. It is time to choose a different path and use the gifts that were given to you. Life will never be as easy as the time the wind was at your back, but never as difficult as the time you achieved that turning point.
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