Day 2: Cleaning out the pipes: Love

Playlist: Kings of Leon/DRH/Eric Church Traveled From/To: Springfield to St. Louis via lots of curvy backroads

Listening to music inside the helmet changes my thought process from going "thought to thought" to "emotion to another emotion". I haven't listened to music on our journeys before but I have come to realize how much music keeps me awake (which is a good thing when on 2 wheels). I also realized that music influences my emotion from "easy riding" to "angry" to "sad" and usually my thoughts are about my people and other relationships - good, bad and lost. I love my music and playlists. I jones everytime I work out to find the music that will make me work out harder, lift heavier or my runs faster. (Usually it's AAR, Nickelback, Pink, etc)

So back to the relationships - there are certain people I have "lost" over the years whether to death or breaking up of friendships or required endings for the better of everyone involved. Yet it still seems uneasy when thoughts come flooding thru with the sweetest of memories of all involved. I miss those people - all of them. Dearly. Honestly.

Someone recently lost their dad and was able to honor him by saying he had a lived a life with no regrets. Must be nice. I wish that were true of my life. Regrets, heck ya, quite a few. However, I haved lived a lot of life and I have learned from life. I have loved a lifetime, been hurt thru the process - only to find myself with a broken heart, growing compassion for others and still a willingness to love regardless.


Song for the day: I've Loved Along The Way by Eric Church