Well, you should know that I am probably the most un-political person you can possibly know.  Really.  I definitely don’t know my Right Wing from my Left. To be honest, I have no clue if Obama is a republican or democrat, and I don’t even know who the current Prime Minister of Canada is….and I’m Canadian. Yeah, I’m that un-political.

What I do know is that I’m just a simple guy who is totally Loving the Bike, and I don’t care to take it any deeper than that.  I love to see people speak their mind and voice their opinions, and I think it’s okay for people to favor or oppose a viewpoint…..although the world would be such a nicer place if we didn’t possess the need to criticize.

The first time we took off the training wheels and became part of the two wheeling community of cyclists is likely a great memory for all of us, right?  Do you think environmentalism, weight loss, or gas prices mattered to you when you first started Loving the Bike?  I’m pretty sure that Freedom and Self Achievement are what’s filling the minds of most kids who learn to ride a bike.  Why does that have to change?  Whatever your reason for Loving the Bike, I know there is at least a little piece of you who goes back to your childhood every time you jump on the saddle.

We’re all part of the cycling community…fellow cyclists….people who possess our own thoughts.

Whether you’re Right Wing, Left Wing, or somewhere in the middle…..we are all cyclists.  While y’all take your own political stand…..I’ll be over here with my feet planted firmly in the sand.  Loving the Bike and Loving the Beach.

My genius friend, Jim is always coming up with super cool ideas….and when I saw him start using the term #doublegood over on Twitter I just had to jump right in.  I love the feeling that word gives off, and if there were ever a #doublegood day….today is certainly it.  But it’s better than that.  I’d have to say that today is #TripleGood.

Goodness #1: Today is such a good day that we even call it Good Friday.

Goodness #2: What makes it Double Good is that I’ll always remember April 22 as the day my Son Indie learned to ride on two wheels.  I can still feel the pride and excitement as I watched him ride off all alone with me jogging right behind him.  Even right now as I write this, I feel the emotions flowing up inside of me.  To a cycling Dad, it’s got to be one of the greatest things ever.

Goodness #3: The goodness trifecta is completed with the fact that today just happens to be one of my favorite days of the year…..Earth Day.  As a lover of this planet of ours, its always been a day that I recognize and do my best to find a special way to celebrate our Earth.  I wish all of you a #TripleGood Easter, Earth Day, and Weekend….and I’d like to close things out with a little story that I dedicate to our world.

There was a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time.  He’s enjoying the wind and the fresh air….until he notices the other waves in front of him crashing against the shore.

“My God, this is terrible” the wave says, “Looks what’s going to happen to me”.

Then along comes another wave.  It seems the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him “Little wave, why do you look so sad?”

The little wave says “You don’t understand.  We’re all going to crash.  All of us waves are going to be nothing.  It’s it terrible?”

“The second wave says, “No, you don’t understand.  You’re not a wave, you’re part of the ocean.”

“Part of the ocean.  Just as we all are.”

- Morrie Schwartz (from the book “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom)

Happy Earth Day…..Love the Planet