After all

the pain and effort we had an awesome MX National!

There were still some ponds remaining from the previous weeks deluge!

Getting that hole shot!

Like ducks is a row!

Spectators! Wow the biggest turnout ever!

7th Heaven! The jump that seems so terrifying but loved by all that have mastered it!

Pit lane!

A view from the Marathon Mountain!

A very fine day after all!

This was the morning after the day before, hard to imagine how busy it had been, then the front end loader arrived and the post race fix up was done, this was the first time we have done this and the track should stay in this condition for at least 3 months now, I hope all the locals appreciate Anton's effort as well.

Anton doing his thing! If I ever win the Lotto I will buy him a tractor!

Cornering at speed!
Well done to Anton and all the other members that did their part in making this 20th anniversary BORC National a great success!
"No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it." H.E. Luccock

Any similarities are coincidental...

EKG treadmill or the virtual Montain!

Being wired up for an EKG stress test. The fun comes in when those electrodes come off!

Do not do this at home!

Motorcycle stress test... aka Dyno test.
But the principle remains the same... performance testing of machines done with electronic data gathering... Yes I had a "Dyno Test" today and considering the wear and tear my "Engine" has had the doc was quite happy, seems like I will still be around for a while! Don't Worry, Be happy!
"I've been MRI'd, EKG'd, X-Rayed, Laser beamed..." Larry Johnson - Space Jam 1996

What is a bucket list...

Before there was the movie I had my very own bucket list called If Wishes Wus Fishes over on my website. Amazingly a lot of the things have come true, albeit in ways I never thought of, or are in the process of being realised. Some I may delete and there are a few I may add... more on my wish list later...
Back to the movie, I think the combination of Jack and Morgan was brilliant but I am not giving away too much, if you have not seen it do so ASAP... put it on your Bucket List!
As I mentioned in my last blog, this movie makes you think and the theme song "Say" by John Mayer is great...

John Mayer "Say" Lyrics

Take out of your wasted honour
Every little past frustration
Take all of your so called problems
Better put them in quotations
Say what you need to say (8x)

Walking like a one man army
Fighting with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you’d be better off instead
If you could only
Say what you need to say (8x)

Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for giving over
You better know that in the end its better to say too much
Than to never to say what you need to say again

Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
Why?
Say what you need to say (25x)
Words that carry a lot of meaning in today's hectic life... we so often forget to say to our loved ones how we really feel, how much we care, how much we appreciate them and how much joy they bring to us... A line from the movie I found very insightful was;
“You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. ‘Have you found joy in your life?’ 'Has your life brought joy to others?’"
This is something I have come to realise as a great truth even before I saw the movie and I want to make this my life motto... so I ques it goes onto the Wish list!

What have you done with it

When I look at what some people have achieved in their lives I sometimes get a chill because I have not climbed Mount Everest or run the Comrades or built homes for the homeless...
We live in times that seem to demand this from a person, sort of a price to pay for the opportunities that are available. Then I read a blog like Attitude of Gratitude and realise that all is not lost.
I have been able to not do a few things as well... I never smoked, never took drugs, never did a lot of negative things that I could have... because these things are also there to be done, just like the good things one can chose the bad as well.
Not that I am perfect at all, just an average person with all my faults as a human. I just made a choice not to do some of the things that were offered.
One of the biggest choices I made was to be a happy person, to be grateful for every sunrise and sunset, this has not been easy at all but since I have re connected with my Saviour it has become a lot easier. I believe being a grateful person and showing this in your life is maybe one of the greatest things you can do with your life.

"Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for." Terry Lynn Taylor

90 Degrees

Today I feel like the man in Acts 14:10 and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.
To others it may not be a miracle but to me it is, I can now put my weight on my leg and walk on it, albeit still with the assistance of crutches. My Physiotherapist consulted the doctor after last weeks session and this was the result, she felt I was way past ready for the big step. When she said the brace bend could be set to 90 degrees I did it myself! I have a few new exercises to do but the main one is to walk as much as I can. Just like riding a bicycle, at each step it gets better.
Thanks for all the good wishes and prayer, it has helped!
I also won a prize over at Moondancers dance floor... a day full of surprises, discovery and joy.
Now I am off to take a warm bath to ease the tired muscles and to unwind...
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

I wanna cry

Cry at your feet - Mark Cocks and Nicola Hodges

I know you dont want me around
I know I'm the dirt of this town
I know, I just had to see you
I know all the hurt that I have
I know must keep it inside
I know they'd say that I deserve it

Chorus
I cry, cry at your feet
Cut to the heart and I fall to my knees
I cry, cry at your feet
All that you are, all that I need
I cry, cry at your feet
Tears run down for the words I can't speak
I cry, cry at your feet
Now you are here, and I cry

You turn, kind eyes look my way
I have no words to say
Oh, I so needed to find you
Here I am knowing sweetness at last
You are a release from my past.
Oh Lord! I see who you are now.

Chorus

I feel so weak
Now I know who you are
I fall to my knees!

Chorus

(ommitted from release)
I know there are no words to say
I know I so needed to find you
I know you already found me

Chorus

All that I need
Tears run down for the words I can't speak
I cry, cry at your feet
Now you are here, I cry

I cry
This is a song from Ripcord, a British Christian group that have split up in the meantime, I wish I could post the song but until then the words will have to suffice.
Yes Lord, I cry with tears of joy that I could stand before your table today without blemish because of what you suffered for me on the Tree and not because what I have done. With the power of the Holy Spirit I am able to face my fears and weakness, with praise I seek to serve you Lord, I wish that those who do not know you would see what I have seen. With tears of joy I can ask freely that my family, friends and acquaintances be blessed and touched by your Spirit as I have.
Update 17 Oct 2012... Linked to a Myspace Page that has the song!
"Luke 7:37 When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, 38 and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them."
Text from: Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online -- all in the language or translation of your choice! It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference. (got the wrong Bible refrences to the song, fixed now)