1. You go where you look.

What I've learned about life, riding a motorcycle:

1. You go where you look.
Where ever you're looking, the bike will follow. So, when there is a hazard in the road, don't put your attention on the hazard, look your way through it. Also keep your attention up, not right in front of you. It's interesting how much it affects the ride.

When taking a tight turn on a bike, the rider has to look to the exit of the turn, not the place in the road that he's currently on. This will bring the bike smoothly through the turn. If you get stuck in a challenging turn, just look your way through it. It's amazing how often it's the make or break factor in surviving a hard turn.

This is true for every turn.

Sometimes, in the canyons, I've got a mountain keeping me from seeing the exit of the turn. But the reality of what is helpful still remains, even if I've got reasons for why I shouldn't do it. To pull through the turn smoothly, quickly and safely I have to look through the mountain at what I can not yet see... at what is not yet there.

In life, I will go where I look. I'll get closer to and act more like the things I put my attention on.

When the road is challenging, putting my attention on the exit- what I want to accomplish in the season; who I want to become through the opportunity will often be what pulls me through well.

And sometimes, I will have to see what is not yet there. If I can see what I am yet to create, it will make the small decisions along the way very easy. If I can look at the person that I will soon become it is as inevitable that I will get closer to that man as it is that time will pass.