Thought for the Week -
I cycle to work a few times a week and have discovered that it is a lot like our path home to heaven, God, the Universe or whatever you like to call it.
At one stage I was a bit aggressive as I cycled along. If I came up behind a slower cyclist I'd speed past them just to show them who was the better cyclist. Around this period of cycling I began to get a lot of punctures. There was no obvious area where there was a lot of glass or sharp metal but the punctures kept bringing me to a halt on my journeys.
One day after passing two slower cyclists I came to a stop with yet another flat tyre. As I worked on replacing the tube the two cyclists passed me and I knew they would surely be at their destination long before I reached mine. Then it struck me, my pride was the cause of so many flat tyres. I passed the slower cyclists with a confident swagger only to be humbled by them passing me shortly afterwards with my pride as flat as the puncture.
Following that realisation I approached and passed other cyclists with a lot more care and consideration. Since I changed my attitude to others on their journeys I have rarely had a puncture.
On our spiritual journey we meet and pass a number of people who are heading to their own destination in their own way and at their own speed. I cannot make any judgment as to where they are or how far or fast they're progressing. We all have our own individual path to travel so that we learn what we need to find our way home.
It doesn't matter how fast we seem to be going or how close to our destination we are. Each of us has our own path to follow and our own individual destination. My opinions about someone because they appear to be poorer, richer, highly spiritual or behave like animals are just my thoughts and not worth wasting time on. We all have our own lessons to learn and need to go through our lives to learn them.
If you want to have a smooth ride home, beware of your pride and opinions as the karma it creates may slow you down, or like me bring you to a halt.
Ed with Joe and Alan (left to right) on a charity cycle with the Blazing Saddles in China in 2004.
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