Emotional Brakes
Wednesday, September 17, 2024
When your mind's approaching a tail-spin,
That could be a time when you check in
With what you can do
To make your sky blue.
Such a far better way to begin.
How do you put the brakes on an emotional tailspin?
My morning was a flurry of little
Non-essentials that clogged my thoughts.
No... they don't clog my thoughts;
I am thrown into a downward slide.
Morning was becoming "grump-time.”
I realized ...
I've Gotta Bike!
You've heard me say that for me,
Biking is beyond
Physical activity.
Biking is my mental health go-to.
"Biking Across the Years"... Clockwise from upper left: in Wisconsin 2022, Bike Bridge over Root River Trail, 2017, Just west of Dundas, MN, 2020, on Mesabi Trail in Northern MN, 2017, Crossing Missouri River, 2016, Laughing by Root River Trail in WI, 2020.
Conditions can be just-so-so,
With gray skies, rising wind,
Pot holes to be avoided.
Series of uphills that require my lowest gear,
A downslope that has me gripping my brakes.
Still, somehow, a rhythm of pedaling,
Landscape sliding by in slow motion,
Unravels knots in my outlook,
And brings me to a calmer place.
I feel lucky to know
Something that can bring
A more optimistic view
To my day.
What stops your downward slide?
May you put yourself there
When that's best for you.
Hugs,
Lin
Clockwise from upper left: biking by Black-eyed Susans, 2020,Grand Bicycle Hotel lobby in Haines, AK, 2015, with Bob on Root River Trail, WI, 2020, On Sanibel Island celebrating 80th birthday, 2019 "No R-egrets!"
