Life Lessons from Motorcycles: Seventy Five Tips for Staying Grounded

By Liz Jansen

Having your motorcycle tires inadvertently lose contact with the ground is an indication your ride is about to come to a grinding halt. That’s not a good thing.

Likewise, staying grounded in life is a fundamental state of being. Being grounded literally means connecting to vital earth energies. Practically, it refers to a state in which we feel centered, calm, and balanced.

Often its importance isn’t given the credence it deserves because we get so immersed in our day-to-day-activities that we fail to notice when we’ve lost touch with who we are and what’s important in life. We lose perspective.

Grounding implies balance between our spiritual and physical beings. Since we’re spiritual beings in a physical body, it’s also important not to lose sight of our physical, mental, emotional, and social needs at the expense of focusing too heavily on our spiritual side. Aside from the innate need for balance, our physical bodies house our spirit, so we want to make our bodies as hospitable an environment as possible.

Staying grounded during two-wheel travel or on our life’s Road requires a concerted effort and regular practice. If we watch closely, motorcycles are excellent teachers of the fine art of grounding and balance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Liz Jansen
• Release date: Mar 29, 2014
• ISBN: 9780993723704

Liz Jansen

Niagara native Liz Jansen was born into a German Mennonite culture, the granddaughter of Russian refugees. Since she began riding a motorcycle at age sixteen, she’s logged hundreds of thousands of miles of mostly solo riding across Canada and the United States. While Liz enjoys the rugged beauty of Ontario’s northern wilderness, she has a particular fondness for the open expanses of the Canadian prairies and Midwestern plains. Liz is a member of the Writers’ Union of Canada, the Non-Fiction Authors Association, the Alliance of Independent Authors, and the Independent Book Publishers Association. Crash Landing is her third book. She lives in Ontario with her cat, Measha, and Trudy, her Triumph Tiger motorcycle.

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LIFE LESSONS FROM MOTORCYCLES | SEVENTY-FIVE TIPS FOR STAYING GROUNDED

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LIFE LESSONS FROM MOTORCYCLES | SEVENTY-FIVE TIPS FOR STAYING GROUNDED

Liz Jansen

Introduction

Five Overarching Principles for Staying Grounded

Ten Foundation Blocks for Being Grounded

Ten Practices to Keep You Grounded

Ten Traps That Distort Reality

Ten Ways to Stay in Control

Ten Ways to Differentiate Good Advice From Bad

Ten Riding Habits to Keep You Grounded

Ten Techniques for Staying Grounded

Acknowledgements

About the Author

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Introduction

Having your motorcycle tires inadvertently lose contact with the ground is an indication your ride is about to come to a grinding halt. That’s not a good thing.

Likewise, staying grounded in life is a fundamental state of being. Being grounded literally means connecting to vital earth energies. Practically, it refers to a state in which we feel centered, calm, and balanced.

Often its importance isn’t given the credence it deserves because we get so immersed in our day-to-day-activities that we fail to notice when we’ve lost touch with who we are and what’s important in life. We lose perspective.

Grounding implies balance