There is not always a picture to describe it...

Okay imagination time. I did not have my camera on my latest bike ride. However, when I am riding my bike, I am in my own world. It is my happy place. I have no worries. I just enjoy the company of myself. While I was riding my bike, there was a young girl on a swing listening to her mp3 player. She was enjoying her own little world and for those brief few minutes was able to enjoy herself. She did not have to think about anyone else. She was able to enjoy her music and did not have to worry about anyone else. It is a freeing feeling, riding a bike. While you have to obey the laws in order to stay safe, you have no one else to worry about. There were several other bike riders while I was taking my trip. Mack Avenue is a busy road at one in the afternoon on Fridays. Those moments. The moments in which you can enjoy yourself. The moments when you can think about your life and contemplate everything that is going or not going on in it. Those are needed. Clearing your mind is a necessity. Letting everything build up inside of you is not healthy. Freeing your mind for a brief moment is relaxing...to say the least. Although, as much as I love riding my bike I am giving it a break for a little while. Because while riding my bike that last time I had a mini battle with a van. The van won. No big deal but my speed cable is broken. My escape from reality is briefly out of commission.