I would ride again, into the highest hills, up the pitch of a mountainside, where green leaves quiver in the cold sun - Lance Armstrong - Its not about the Bike (page 294)
(page 271)
A man is caught in the flood, and as the water rises he climbs to the roof of his house and waits to be rescued. A guy in a motorboat comes by and says "hop in, i'll save you".
"no thanks" the man on the rooftop says "my lord will save me". but the floodwaters keep rising. A few minutes later a rescue plane flies overhead and the pilot drops a line.
"No thanks" the man on the rooftop says, "My lord will save me?". But the floodwaters rise ever higher and finally they overflow the roof and the man drowns. When he gets ot heaven, he confronts God.
"My Lord, why didn't you save me?" he implores.
"you idiot", God says. " I sent you a boat, I sent you a plane."
I think in a way we are all just like the guy on the rooftop. Things take place, there is a confluence of events and circumstances and we can't always know their purpose, or even if there is one, but we can take responsibility for ourselves and be brave.
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