The Healing Road

Since it's been so long since I posted, I needed to flesh out some things...

The title above is from a book that I've been reading off and on for over a year. Yes, I read books that don't have to do with cars...
The book is called "Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road" by the drummer from the band Rush, Neil Peart. Seeing as I am a drummer it probably sounds like something I'd read, but this book is about his personal struggle with loss rather than a drumming problem.

Quick and painless version is that a while back, in the span of 10 months, he lost his daughter in a car accident, and his wife to cancer. Later, he hoped on his motorcycle and rode more than 30,000 miles alone ( for the most part ) from Canada, Alaska , various parts of the US, Mexico and parts of Latin AMerica. All the while trying to find a way back to learn to allow himself to live and go on.

He talks aften about his "little baby soul" and how it needs nurtured and taken care of just like a growing child. "Sometimes you need to take your little baby soul out for a drive. It quiets them just like a kid."

I haven't read the book in a while, so I picked up where I left off. While waiting for the car to get worked on @ the dealer, I read almost 100 pages.... It helped me alot. I'm not dealing with loss in that respect. BUT, everyone's "bad time" can be as painful to them as something to another person.

I related to his plight in that he classified himself as "the old me" and "the new me". I see a definate line between those two "me's".

Where do I go on my path from here? It seems changes are abound all around me and without my consent or liking....

Time will surely tell.