The Greatest Gift!

The greatest gift we receive are the people that the universe puts in front of us.  The question is simply, what do you do with that gift?  Do you keep it?  Do you cherish it? Do you put it in the closet thinking that you don't really need it but one day might?  Do you return it and try to get something different?  Do you re-gift it?  Or do you just say thank you universe for thinking of me but this is a gift that I neither want nor need in my life?

It seems so simple right?  But how simple is it really?  Times are so tough and some people have begun to sink lower and lower on the pond scum scale.  Reaching levels of scum that even the other scum sucking organisms don't want to feed off of.  How do we know who we are dealing with, better yet, can we ever know right off the bat?  Do we have to let the bad in with the good and just let things shake out?  After more than 40 years of trying to figure all of this out, I am sad to say that I honestly still have no real answer for this.  I have no real advice to offer any of my friends to help them keep the scum from sucking the life out of them.  I only wish I had even a hint of an answer.  I was just about to turn off the computer tonight and go and try to catch up on some much needed and missed sleep from Biketoberfest when I happened upon a photo that I snapped with my phone just moments before I left Daytona for the airport.  The photo above is of the one and only Brother Speed!  The man is an icon in our community!  HE IS THE REAL MOTHERFUCKIN DEAL! 

There are so few of these people still left around it seems.  He has no agenda, he just is!  If you are good, you stick around, if you are shit, he scrapes you off his shoes and moves on!  So simple and to the point!  Seeing this photo just got me to thinking about a few things.  First, about how lucky I've been in my life to have had such amazing people come in to it.  Then I thought how lucky I am in my life because I was able to cut the evil, selfish, goat fuckers out of it!  Sadly, there will always be people who attempt to bring drama or lies or evil in to our lives, there is no way to avoid it short of never leaving your home.  Then again, telemarketers will call you and once you have answered, the evil is in anyway, so you may as well go out!  Hang up promptly for your own good!  Nothing worth buying is worth buying over the damn phone!  I guess the only thing that we can do is stay honest, true and loyal to the ones that deserve it! 

I've got so much to write about, so much to tell you about and so much to share but I am just so exhausted still from Biketoberfest that I don't have it in me.  I want to write a piece about a friend who passed a few weeks ago and pay him the homage that he deserves.  I want to write about the rally in Daytona, I want to write about the renovations going on with THE FLIP house and I want to write to tell you how well Diane has been doing but I just don't have it in me.  I promise to catch up on all of it as fast as I can.  I have a huge wedding to perform this weekend so I will not be attending the Love Ride.  So at least that is one thing that I have not fallen behind on writing about!  I will catch up on it all and I promise, you will enjoy it!  Until that time comes, keep an eye out for where you step because the universe puts big fat piles of shit where you least expect them to be.  They are usually found right around the people you care for most.  Until we see each other on the road, please be safe, live life and love with all you have!  We only get one shot at this crazy ass life so make the best of it.  It's okay to make mistakes, what's not okay is to learn nothing from them!

Keep the wind in your face,
Tits in your back
and The Man off your Ass!

Your friend,
Jack Shit

They are still out there!

Don't give up hope!  If you allow them to find you and open the door when they knock, there are still exceptional people walking this earth.  I know that with times getting harder and harder each day, the ugly in people is really rising to the top and rearing "its ugly head", so to speak.  With each day that passes, a feeling of sadness lay in the bottom of my gut.  Every day, I hear of another story of some one, formerly a dear friend, who has thrown that away for what seems like next to nothing!  It breaks my heart to hear stories of betrayal, lies and out right deception that people share with me!  Screw me once, shame on you, screw me twice then shame on me, should be the mantra that we go through each day with.  That being said, it is difficult to be that hard nosed, heartless monster that can no longer forgive and forget but what are you supposed to do?  At what point do you draw the line in the sand and cut that person loose?  At what point do you decide that you will no longer allow anyone in your life to hurt you?  AT WHAT POINT? 

I too have gone through periods in my life where betrayal and deceit were so crushing to me that it was hard to acquire the strength the raise my head and get out of bed in the morning.  I pulled up my big boy pants and moved on with each day but could not shake the "why" question that was gnawing at the back of my brain.  You know what?  In nearly every single case, you will never know why people do what they do and that sucks.  For some time, I swore that I was done, that I had enough people in my life that I loved and that loved me and they would never, under any circumstances hurt my family.  The problem for me was simple though, I love people!  I missed meeting new people, I missed hearing new tales around a fire, I missed learning from others mistakes, oh hell, I just missed widening the circle of people that I could give back to and pay it forward!  I answered a few knocks on the door and I can say that I am glad that I did.  In the last few years, opening that door has allowed me to open my heart and in return I have gained some friends that I would not nor could not imagine not having in my life for the rest of it!  Sure, maybe one out of 100 that you meet will be one of those people who remain friends till they hold your hand, or you hold theirs at the side of a death bed!  People ask me if I think it is worth the hassle of going through the 99 and it is no easy answer but I have come to the realization that it is!  How can it be you ask?  Well it has to be, otherwise we would never find that 1 in a 100!

In what is the worst economy and the worse times since the great depression and while so many people break your heart and disappoint you, others will step up and their actions will blow your mind!  I suggest that you give some one the chance to do just that.  You can't find the diamonds without first digging through layers of rock, and dirt and shit and so on and so on, you get my point, but the pay off is, THE DIAMONDS ARE THERE!  So I say do a little mining, the pay off will be worth it.  I also suggest that once you open the mine that you have a security guard there to protect your interests and have him carry a big stick and a reliable pistol!  HEY, YA NEVER KNOW! 

That is just a little JACKSHITLOSOPHY for ya this Friday night!  I hope everyone has a great weekend and stays cool and safe out on those murdersickles.  In life, like respect, friendship is never just given, it is earned, so give some one the chance to earn yours!

In the next day or so, I will be breaking some Sturgis news that will hopefully make us all happy!

Until we see each other on the road,

Keep the wind in your face,
Tits in your back
and The Man off your ass!

Your friend,
Jack Shit