Some life lessons come packaged in an instant. They're the sort that you miss if you blink. I had a "funny in hindsight" moment on a mountain bike ride last weekend and as brief as the moment was, its implications keep expanding like one of those kid's dinosaur sponges that grow to many times their …
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The Strings of Your Soul
From The Ancient Sage by Alfred Tennyson "The days and hours are ever glancing by, And seem to flicker past thro’ sun and shade, Or short, or long, as Pleasure leads, or Pain; But with the Nameless is nor Day nor Hour; Tho’ we, thin minds, who creep from thought to thought, Break into ‘Thens’ …
Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
I realized during a riding lesson today that the old adage "practice makes perfect" isn't always true. If you practice incorrectly, for example, you can spend a lifetime attempting to perfect something that is unattainable based on a flawed approach. Horseback riding is fraught with such possibilities, for it is one of those activities that …
Gregory Hake 