camera56
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I started riding motorcycles in midlife for me. It’s something I thought a lot about and have thought about since. It’s a question I’ve asked lost of other people about as well . . . why do you ride? We all have lots of logical reasons, but down inside, we come to something like riding later in life for ourselves. We do it for me.
In the end, it’s not about the bike and it’s not about being “selfish,” whatever that is. It’s about wanting yourself, wanting to know something about yourself, wanting to do something for the parts of yourself that have been hidden away because of a sense of responsibility to something or someone else.
Does that seem selfish? Hold that thought.
If you haven’t seen this video, by all means, stop whatever it is you’re doing and watch it. It will change your life. [clicky]
At Carnegie Mellon, there is an academic tradition of giving what’s called your “Last Lecture,” the lecture you’d give if you knew you were dying. Except in this case, Randy Pausch is dying. He is dying of Pancreatic Cancer. There is nothing he can do about it . . . except choose how he will live the time he has left.
The lecture is a story of hope, dreams, family, forgiveness, and above all love. He is doing what he’s doing now because with his last days, he wants to leave something behind for his young family to treasure. What a gift.
I wouldn’t care to place riding a motorcycle in the cosmic scale with blessing the world with an inspirational message other that to say this. If not now, when? If you’re not going to follow your dreams now, when will you do it? If you’re not going to do something that pleases that little kid inside you that’s been crying to get out for the last 40 years, when will you?
Also posted at midliferider.
In the end, it’s not about the bike and it’s not about being “selfish,” whatever that is. It’s about wanting yourself, wanting to know something about yourself, wanting to do something for the parts of yourself that have been hidden away because of a sense of responsibility to something or someone else.
Does that seem selfish? Hold that thought.
If you haven’t seen this video, by all means, stop whatever it is you’re doing and watch it. It will change your life. [clicky]
At Carnegie Mellon, there is an academic tradition of giving what’s called your “Last Lecture,” the lecture you’d give if you knew you were dying. Except in this case, Randy Pausch is dying. He is dying of Pancreatic Cancer. There is nothing he can do about it . . . except choose how he will live the time he has left.
The lecture is a story of hope, dreams, family, forgiveness, and above all love. He is doing what he’s doing now because with his last days, he wants to leave something behind for his young family to treasure. What a gift.
I wouldn’t care to place riding a motorcycle in the cosmic scale with blessing the world with an inspirational message other that to say this. If not now, when? If you’re not going to follow your dreams now, when will you do it? If you’re not going to do something that pleases that little kid inside you that’s been crying to get out for the last 40 years, when will you?
Also posted at midliferider.
