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Gin-san is my sort-of-stepfather-in-law. He’s Japanese. His sushi restaurant is popular with the locals, and has made him into somewhat of a celebrity in the small mountain ski town of Taos, New Mexico. Gin-san was recently driving through town when he heard the voluble cry, “Gin! Hey, Gin!” He looked about and saw a man – a regular patron – cross-country skiing along the shoulder of his lane.
“Hey, Gin! I’ll be coming by the restaurant tonight for some sushi! “ He toasted Gin-san with his beer, and continued on his way.
I like beer, but I’ve never been inclined to empty a can mid-workout. If you drink beer during cardio, it’s because you really appreciate beer.
I’ve also tried cross-country skiing, and I can confidently say that only people who really like to cross-country ski do it, because it combines wintry cold, sweaty heat, full body muscle exhaustion, and excruciatingly slow forward progress into one of the least appealing sports out there.
We can thus assume that a man drinking a beer while cross-country skiing is doing two things that he really loves doing, and is therefore completely enjoying this moment of his life. That he is planning to have sushi for dinner demonstrates that such a delightfully lived life requires planning and foresight.
The entrancing beauty of sushi, beer, and cross-country skiing coming together in one divinely inspired instant of existence offers the opportunity for us all to appreciate how pleasurable life can be.
Such moments may make up the minority of your time in this world, and they’ll likely be born of different ingredients – sports cars, redheads, and cocaine, for example – but when one such moment arrives, either for you or the guy slicing through the snow with a brew in his mitt, it requires the grateful recognition of all who witness it, for it is this sort of moment that makes life worth living.
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Well said - I’ve missed your writing.
And I miss Taos and free sushi!
Sun, Soccer and Mojitos.
Tacoma, Tacos, and T-Town Crack Dealers