'Note To Self, remember no matter how bad life gets there is always booze"-Abi
Riding my bike with no hands down a side street in Los Angeles I think to myself, while my music is playing at a deafening volume, "note to self Abi, get a light on the front of your bike." Three days later I found myself waking up to the raw pavement of Santa Monica Blvd, dazed, bleeding, scared.
I ignored the, "note to self" and ended up in a gnarly bike accident. The concrete did not bounce back but somehow my body, mind, and soul did. Blood is nothing to fear because it does not shatter however bones and souls can. Everything is connected and simply because we chose to ignore our thoughts or put them on the back burner so to say does not mean the future will not encompass them.
Tate the senior marketing manager who hit me at 9 pm with his girlfriend in the car was astonished when I collected myself, smiled, and said "I don't have any broken bones, we're good." I rode away still bleeding and remembered my former thought process. Later that evening was filled with laughs, drinks, and friends. I could do nothing but thank the universe and the next day I bought bike lights.
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