02-28-2015, 05:00 AM
Good post. The thrill of riding and discovering new roads or just enjoying the ones I know are main reasons I ride. It is a great stress reliever as well. I always feel a lot happier after a days riding in the fresh air and sunshine.
NOW! is also a good thing to learn. While working in the Federal Governments Pension Branch when I was younger, I was amazed by the numbers of people that died within a year or two after retiring. I vowed at that time that if I wanted to do something I would do it NOW instead of waiting.
But as the decades rolled by I became more involved in my career and home, and began to put things off. One afternoon I had a conversation with a 40+ year old friend I was working with. She died of a massive heart attack a couple of hours later on the way home. I immediately became involved in two of the things I had put off until retirement.
Almost ten years after retiring, I attended a vintage motorcycle show and the buzz came back after a 25 year absence. I bought a new motorcycle for my 69th birthday last spring, and am very glad I did.
I think Nike said it best, "Just do it!"
NOW! is also a good thing to learn. While working in the Federal Governments Pension Branch when I was younger, I was amazed by the numbers of people that died within a year or two after retiring. I vowed at that time that if I wanted to do something I would do it NOW instead of waiting.
But as the decades rolled by I became more involved in my career and home, and began to put things off. One afternoon I had a conversation with a 40+ year old friend I was working with. She died of a massive heart attack a couple of hours later on the way home. I immediately became involved in two of the things I had put off until retirement.
Almost ten years after retiring, I attended a vintage motorcycle show and the buzz came back after a 25 year absence. I bought a new motorcycle for my 69th birthday last spring, and am very glad I did.
I think Nike said it best, "Just do it!"