Acceleration

What happens when you move too fast too soon? It's like the world is a blur. It's like nothing else matters and everything exists only to pass you by, except that one thing. That one thing you want to be headed towards. You can see it in the distance. You believe you'll get there. You know you want it, deep inside you believe you'll get it, and soon.

So, you set off; the biggest, most powerful engine you can have. Your right foot musters all the courage and drains your heart out, simply so you make the move from floor to throttle. And then, eyes closed and hoping for the best, you push!

You've done this before, but you remember the engine being less powerful, the world had things you noticed, you could take a second to observe the goings on. Not now, this was too sudden. You weren't ready. What would've otherwise taken a much, much longer time was going by in seconds. Thoughts were racing, your heart was racing. Your brain couldn't keep up, and then, barely within the time you could catch half your breath, there it was: the destination. Or was it? Slowing down only enough to see it unable to have you there? How could a place you thought was your destination not have a parking? Should you go and investigate? How could you? You couldn't leave your ride behind. You can't enter without it. It has to be the whole thing. Then, there you are: not knowing whether to go on what you believe, at that moment, to be aimless, leaving your 'destination' behind, or waiting right there till a space opened up. Is that the best for you? Is that the best this world has? How many more unknown miles are to be travelled? How many more white lines going on for what seems like forever? You can't go on. Not so soon. Rest. Rest you must.

A field of watermelons becomes visible close by. A much-needed distraction and replenishment. How glad are you that you like something so much too? This is nice. Although, you can still feel the pieces inside.

Six Degrees of Separation?

The world is round and I fail to see how 360 degrees is considered a complete circle. Clearly, people have many different directions and 360, or even 720 for that matter, simply just doesn't cut it.

Everyone is so different from each other that you can actually line them up end-to-end at the Earth's diameter and form a shoulder-to-shoulder chain around its circumference and you would have millions, if not billions of people, forming a circle of sorts around. The Earth is no perfect circle, I give you that, but why should that stop us from getting together to figures out how many 'degrees' of separation the Earth can handle, us standing on water aside.

Can you imagine a micro-thin string of connecting wire between each one of us and the core of the Earth? How many would there be? That is the true distance measured with a person being a degree, and it's a lot more than 360 I can assure you of that!

Six degrees of separation would translate to roughly seven feet between one and the other. I take this quite literally, because my mind's eye created quite an insane graphic as I imagined billions of us floating through the universe with the Earth as the only connection. Like an appliance plugged in to a power socket, must we draw power from this central entity? Can't we just be, well, free?

Counting Stars

It takes a lot or very little to make someone happy. And there are times when a lot of small or medium-sized things add up and make a huge difference. That's quite cliché yes, but how many actually realise when that happens to them? If you do take the time to count the stars, you'll begin to realise just how many of them there are.

When a month goes by where you inevitably realise just what all it is that you have been blessed with, and then handed even more once-dreams and the responsibilities which come with them; it's a feeling which combines the essence of joy, satisfaction, contentment, excitement and gratitude. As I turn another page, nay,a chapter, I find myself looking just a little bit further, with a view set to encompass not just plain sight, but the bits I would hope to uncover as well. Whatever the possibilities ahead, I want to at least know of their existence. Mario's 1-up mushroom never had a visible hiding place; you would just have to jump free and bump your head into somewhere you thought there was absolutely nothing.

In the last six or seven weeks, the people I've met, the places I've seen, the experiences I've enjoyed and the absolute awesomeness of the sets of wheels I've been given a shot at have been astounding. I thank my stars, my heavens or insert word of choice here that these steps were mine to take, sample and enjoy.

It's not everyday you make new friends and drive 3, 4, 6 and 8-cylinder engined creations in the span of a few hours. Glorious indeed.

And now, contrary to my last post. I find out first hand that some singles are better off than many pairs.

"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars." ~Og Mandino (Thank you, Cressida.)

Forever Single?

There comes a time when you begin to wonder, 'How long can one go on?'. It's like that guy at the ice cream parlour who makes your scoop bigger and bigger, filling up the whole cup, or cone, till it cannot hold any more. Yet, a second scoop is always refused. Is it too expensive? Will they not work together? No, it's neither.

Some are just content with one. And that's the problem, complacence raises its ugly head yet again. It's been years. It's time to move on. Why can't it just become better for everyone? How long can someone keep dragging the ancient idea, blowing into it and scraping out a little more each time to make just that little bit larger? There comes a time and a place when you have to stop and start over. There will be an all-new one, something more powerful and engaging than ever before. And it won't be one, it will be two, or three or even four.

The KTM 390 Duke has shown that while twins were promised, here we are with yet another single. When will it stop? Harley-Davidson has had twins for over a century now. If the Americans can make something like that 100 years ago, why can't we? Is a little cost holding us back? The market is there for those who dare to venture. No one wants to stay single forever!

Move Along

Move along.. Nothing to see here...

*bzzt*

Dream Big

Been a while I haven't been here, and for good reason. A transformation has occurred. I see things differently. Yet, there is something that hasn't changed. The dream. Yes, there's a big dream and several little dreams. Not so little, mind you, just some not as important as the big one.

That being said, belief in dreams is indeed a statement. Those who say they don't come true, haven't really set milestones or believed strongly. The way has to be the right one. Or s it may seem, cos it's not always easy to tell. In fact, it almost always isn't. Anyone would want to head to a glitzy life in Europe. But if you have no choice but to go to South Africa, you must. But while South Africa is a great place to be, it really isn't where you want to be. So you must gather up every ounce of courage and step out. Step out to the journey which lies ahead that will take you to where you want, nay, need to be. And that means crossing the toughest, most demanding circumstances. You will even have to battle for life, because giving it all up will seem like an option when you're in the middle of the desert and think that everything's done. Just when you think it is though, you may just hitch upon a camel ride; one which takes you through the tough times and into less dry pastures. Maybe they were once green, who knows? Your journey must continue though. Take those steps, they are what will take you to the place from your dreams. You must go on.

Through the hot sands and colourful desert town, and the ever so rare oasis, you come across a glimmer of hope - a sign - which tells you you're close. You must now take everything you've got and give it your best. Tread lightly, but tread forward nonetheless. Morocco. The gateway to Europe. And there you stand: wiser, stronger and more determined than ever.

No dream is too small or too large, it is only that which you choose to achieve, and that which you consider too unimportant to pursue, thus leading to complacence and the place you never wanted to be for the rest of your life.

I wanted a Royal Enfield motorcycle. I wanted to ride through the snow. I wanted to drive a big V8. I wanted to ride a Harley-Davidson. I wanted to ride along the Indian coast-line on a big V-twin cruiser.

I got my Enfield. I rode through the snow. I drove two big V8s, I rode a big V-twin Harley-Davidson along the Indian coast-line. And now I'm looking forward to more small ones and that big one. Next!

View From The Clouds

Forget the whole 'behind every cloud is a silver lining" thing. Let's face it, the sun is always shining. It doesn't stop shining at night; the world turns its back to it. And you wouldn't have dark clouds if the sun were facing them. Clouds don't have a tailor sew on shiny linings to each of them. No,they're special those linings and if you spot a good one, it stays in your memory for a while.

So what when you have your own clouds to deal with. All that heat getting to you, sucking the life from you and then having to deal with evaporation is no easy task. But then again, when in the air, you see how beautiful it can look. That's just it. Those dark clouds can be protectors. As I type that I see flashes of the Silver Surfer and it makes me smile. There is no Galactus or other aliens to worry about. They don't want our world, not like this. We have our own problems to deal with right here. But snapping back to reality, it would be fair to recognise these clouds as inevitable parts of our being. They're just some more things we have to deal with until we get clear skies. Clear skies don't always mean the sun will shine. Half the time, you have to take in the beauty of the moon and other little suns from afar taking care of their own little handful of planets others call home.

What we see, what we touch and what we imagine are far too limited to perceive what the universe has to offer. Open up. Embrace how tiny we are to the universe, yet how much we can be to some people and how much of a change you can make.