So I've been reading Ghost Rider by Neal Peart... if you're not familiar with him, he's the beast of a drummer and great lyricist from the band Rush. He's written a few books, but the book Ghost Rider follows a pretty tragic period of his life and his motorcycle trek of thousands and thousands of miles across North America.
His 19 year old daughter was killed in a car crash on her way to college. As one could imagine it was a devastation to him and his wife. His wife especially. Within a year of their daughter's death his wife died of cancer.
I mention this to put the first bit of the quote below in context. I'm a father of two kids(16 yr old boy, 13 yr old girl) and I know many of you are parents as well. No doubt you'll get the quote below. I felt it really sort of summed up my addiction to riding these days.
Anyway here's a really interesting quote from the book Ghost Rider:
"Earlier that summer, contemplating the wreckage of my life, I had determined that my mission was to protect a certain essence inside me, a sputtering life force, a meager spirit, as though I had my cupped hands around a guttering candle. In letters I had begun calling that remnant spark "my little baby soul," and the task before me now, I decided, was to nurture that spirit as well as I could.
My little baby soul was not a happy infant, of course, with much to complain about, but as every parent learns, a restless baby often calms down if you take it for a ride. I had learned my squalling spirit could be soothed the same way, by motion, and so I had decided to set off on this journey into the unknown. Take my little baby soul for a ride."
His 19 year old daughter was killed in a car crash on her way to college. As one could imagine it was a devastation to him and his wife. His wife especially. Within a year of their daughter's death his wife died of cancer.
I mention this to put the first bit of the quote below in context. I'm a father of two kids(16 yr old boy, 13 yr old girl) and I know many of you are parents as well. No doubt you'll get the quote below. I felt it really sort of summed up my addiction to riding these days.
Anyway here's a really interesting quote from the book Ghost Rider:
"Earlier that summer, contemplating the wreckage of my life, I had determined that my mission was to protect a certain essence inside me, a sputtering life force, a meager spirit, as though I had my cupped hands around a guttering candle. In letters I had begun calling that remnant spark "my little baby soul," and the task before me now, I decided, was to nurture that spirit as well as I could.
My little baby soul was not a happy infant, of course, with much to complain about, but as every parent learns, a restless baby often calms down if you take it for a ride. I had learned my squalling spirit could be soothed the same way, by motion, and so I had decided to set off on this journey into the unknown. Take my little baby soul for a ride."
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