Ride-Smile

The wonderful Buddhist teacher (and Jewish grandmother) Sylvia Boorstein has a tape entitled “The Courage to be Happy,” in which she uses Jewish and Buddhist stories to illuminate a path to living each moment fully. There’s a picture of her on the cover, and I’ll give you one guess at what she’s doing. Yep. Riding a bike. And smiling.

Terrific article from PEZ Cycling News. I try to bring this concept up in every session, sometimes with mucho success, other times, not so mucho. But I keep tryin'. I think that is the key. To keep comin' back for more with the goal of one day getting it right. And even though we have it right, right from the start, there's a right and then there's a RIGHT. Right?

Little Buddhas, Jewish Grandmothers, Pro riders, hill climbers, CompuTrainer users and four year olds all know this to be true.

Riding a bike (indoors or out) is getting it right.

And when the riding gets tough, the tough smile.

RG, Meshell, Hannah, Debbie and TB at Hacienda for rice and beans, all grins.
Kelly, Kerri and Scott smile after the BMC team jersey raffle.