Outdoor Truths
Gary Miller
As a youngster, I spent every day outside during the summer. I don't even remember the rain keeping the crew from Ford's Woods at bay. I'm sure we were shut down sometimes but evidently I refused to enter those days in my memory bank. What I did enter were the days when each of the boys in that neighborhood wanted to turn his bicycle into a two-wheeled, super chopper. Since we lived in the days of banana seats and sissy bars, it wasn't hard to modify each bike into a unique mobile machine. Some of the guys added a high sissy bar. Others extended the front forks. Some did both. And I've said nothing about the handlebars. The only prerequisite for them was they must be wide and tall enough to fit your best friend if he needed a ride. We all complied. Most of the time, our modifications were short-lived, but what we lacked in engineering ability we made up in creativity. It doesn't take long to see that humans start early in the process of design and development. It seems we were made to look at something, analyze its configuration, and begin to mentally figure a way to do it different or better. My wife says this about God and man. She says, He created man, looked at him, and said "I can do better than that," and then proceeded to create woman. I'm not sure about that but I am sure about when and when not to argue with my wife. I think I'll keep my mouth shut. Gary Miller Outdoor Truths Ministries
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