BICYCLES

Susan and I reached some decisions over our vacation time.  One of those was to purchase bicycles and join a cycle club.  Whew!  Tough, but we thought it through and made the tough decision.  Now, we just buy bikes and start rolling.

Not so fast, Jack.  We just thought we made the tough decision.  You DON'T just buy a bike.  Do you want a road bike, a mountain bike, a hybrid bike or an urban bike?  Steel, aluminum, carbon or a combination?  Oh, a road bike.  Great.  Touring or racing?  What size?  What components?  What saddle?  What geometry? (there's math in this?)  What are you going to do with this bike? (that's none of your business.  It's MY bike!)  Color preference?  Tire pressure?

I just want a bike!  I thought the choices were Schwinn and Huffy.  Red or silver.  Handlebar streamers or bell?  Why does something so simple have to be soooo complex?

Inevitably, we tend to assume our life to be COMPLEX and everyone else' stuff to be relatively SIMPLE.  Our life is tough.  Our decisions are hard.  Our decisions are tough.  Keeping our marriage together isn't like yours...ours is work.  Our job isn't like your job...ours is taxing and our boss is, well, bossy.  You can keep filling in the blanks.  We know that where we live, life is challenging, but tend to assume that everyone else' life is a cakewalk.

But, life is tough, across the board.  Lessons to be learned?
1.  Don't use the assumption that your life is tougher than everyone else' to excuse your giving less than your best to every detail of it.  You're called to God's Best...PERIOD.
2.  Don't assume that anyone else' life (marriage, work, family, finances, etc.) are simpler and easier than your own.  They don't obey God because it's easy.  They obey God because it's right.  And, so should you.

Life is tough.  GET OVER IT.  Then, get after it!

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