What if an alligator attacks me in Florida? What if I didn’t train enough? What if the infection from two years ago suddenly returns? What if people laugh at an old guy riding a handcycle around Florida? At the beginning of a God-sized project, it’s easy to get a case of what-IF’S. what-IF’S fall into […]
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What If We Forget?
Cranking a bike in the garage on a stationary trainer feels hopeless. It doesn’t matter how hard you work or how much you sweat. The scenery never changes, you don’t move, and there’s no sense of progress or arrival. Riding outside, effort changes the outcome. Ride harder, move faster, go farther, get back quicker. But […]
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If you haven’t heard, there’s a bike ride coming up. Three weeks from today we’ll crank out of Jacksonville to begin Florida Hope Tour 2013. We’re excited. Becky and I will welcome some warm weather. Monte’s just anxious to get outside and go running again. One of my big hopes is for you to be […]
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Happy Monday! This morning I’m vowing to fix a situation described by today’s word-of-the-week… DERAILED We have a model train with special Christmas-themed cars. It’s a fun holiday decoration, but one of the cars tends to derail frequently. The train still moves along its path, but the derailed wheel makes the journey sort of bumpy […]
Continue readingResolution Or New Beginning?
In this season of new beginnings there seem to be two categories of people: those who avoid New Year’s Resolutions and those who fail to keep them. Actually, there’s a small third group. Something around 7-8% of people who make resolutions actually accomplish them. I’ve been thinking about why we struggle so much with new […]
Continue readingA Brush With Fame
Note: This post is part of the story-behind-the-story of RICH’S RIDE. I wrote it as a thank-you to Don Miller, without knowing if I’d be able to get the attention of a famous author like him. I worked at it for a few weeks, and yesterday he responded! He also tweeted a link. In a […]
Continue readingHow Donald Miller Changed My Life
Note: This post is part of the story-behind-the-story of RICH’S RIDE. I wrote it as a thank-you to Don Miller, without knowing if I’d be able to get the attention of a famous author like him. I worked at it for a few weeks, and yesterday he responded! He also tweeted a link. In a […]
Continue readingDid You Learn This In Driver’s Ed?
Happy New Year! I snapped this incredible scene beside the Mississippi River south of La Crosse, Wisconsin during our 1500-mile journey in 2011. I wanted to display the great view of the road over the front wheel of my handcycle, but when I looked at the photo I noticed the presence of the rear view […]
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Happy New Year! I snapped this incredible scene beside the Mississippi River south of La Crosse, Wisconsin during our 1500-mile journey in 2011. I wanted to display the great view of the road over the front wheel of my handcycle, but when I looked at the photo I noticed the presence of the rear view […]
Continue readingThe Last Minute?
Politicians and middle school kids apparently have something in common—they procrastinate difficult work, rush to throw something together at the last minute, and blame others when it’s not finished on time. I’m waiting to hear “the dog ate the fiscal cliff bill.” I read somewhere that today’s the biggest single day of the year for […]
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It’s New Year’s Eve, and I have a simple word-of-the-week… CLICK If we believe the pundits, the Mayan calendar was wrong. The REAL end of the world comes when we plunge over the so-called fiscal cliff. Call me cynical, but I don’t think that’ll happen. The irresponsible politicians who invented this latest crisis will find […]
Continue readingWhy Doesn’t The Bike Move?
Rich and Becky do some things that just don’t make sense. Most of the time I just go along. I figure I’m just a dog and they’re smarter than I am. But Rich does this one really dumb thing every winter. Now Becky’s doing it, too, and even a dog can see it makes no […]
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