This was the bus that made all the sporting news over the weekend. It even created its own Thought For Today below!

Thought on Monday – July – 01/07/2013

‘Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.’ ~Ann Landers

The 100th Tour De France started on the island of Corsica over the weekend. With a massive media presence and a global tv audience that pulls in millions, preparations were extensive to say the least. But no one could have predicted the end of stage one on Saturday. A bus got caught under the finish line gantry with the peloton just 15 km from the finish. In all the confusion a huge crash took place, bringing down many cyclists. The bus was finally removed when its front tires were deflated with the peloton just 5 km from the finish.

Spiritually there is a little lesson in there for us too. Sometimes like the bus we can get caught and stuck in life. Maybe we work too hard, take on too much, expect too much and then we get stuck, burnt out and don’t know what to do. Leaving the air out of the tyres brought the bus back into a manoeuvrable position. Maybe we too need to leave the air out? Can we take things a little easier, work with what we can do, work with less, take time to quieten down, say a prayer or pause for a moment of thanks. Like the air coming out, why not see it as a good thing. Do you feel stuck like the bus? What can you do to let go of something?