Oh what a night!

Do you believe in destiny and fate? I can't say I'm a great believer, but some things just seem meant to be. So it was tonight, as I set off for a post-work bike ride, I felt a certain tinge of excitement leading me toward Austinville. I've done this ride hundreds of times, but this somehow seemed different. Early on I am greeted by a spectacular light show, somewhere moderately distant is getting a huge storm. The night sky and the hills surrounding me are illuminated by bright flashes 2-3 times every second, it is a spectacular sight. I can kept riding even if I have a light failure here.

Into the deep, dark rainforest, now I can only see the light flashes through the canopy at the top. They promise cooling, relieving rain, but I'm not terribly expectant at this stage. Onto the dirt road, seems a little bumpier, perhaps I need to take the descent a little slower on the way back. I pass a slightly flooded causeway, but can't splash up enough water to cool down in the heat, it's a minor annoyance. I reach the end, and pause for a few moments, admiring the light flashes through the canopy.

Now I'm riding back, negotiating the rough patches on the dirt, I see a glow on my right, that's not distant lightning, and I'm too far from the city to see any of those lights, and it has a green tinge, which could indicate... it is! It's a colony of rainforest glow worms! Here! I've passed through this area so many times, day and night, yet it's only tonight that I've made this discovery. The colony is huge, there are hundreds, possibly thousands of them! Their glow seems so bright, it's an inspirational sight, and one that leaves me with an amazing feeling of triumph.

I ride home invigorated, none of the hills, nor the wind can stop me! I'm in inspired form, flying along at ridiculous speeds at times, and feeling great. Even now the sense of excitement is still with me. Now I'm left pondering mysteries -- was this all meant to be? And the feeling of excitement before the ride, was this a sign of things to come, an indication that somehow, there was something special in my immediate future? Does the rainforest really have magical powers? Or is it all, just coincidence? Whatever the reason, the lesson here is to trust my instincts in future. If there is a feeling about a day, about a ride, go with it. Who knows what you might discover out there?