Hearsay I dare say

I'm surprised I'm still here. Considering what's been said.

Human nature has a nasty habit of wanting to believe the worst of people rather than the best. The truth is actually easy to find if you ask the right person. Believing the best of people used to be an easy thing for me to do. Perhaps you feel the same way. You'll understand if you've ever been on the wrong end of hearsay or a deal gone sour.

Don't believe what you're told - dig deeper - think clearer. It may be convenient to lend an ear to untruths and you may even enjoy what you're told. It'll tickle your ears and make you feel smug about yourself, you may even want it to be true - but deep down you know that what you're hearing just doesn't seem right.

It's like hearing about a trail and not riding it for yourself. You live in somebody else's experience and never go out and ride it - never really knowing the truth for yourself. Never knowing if the trail actually exists or if it was all made up to make the storyteller seem more than he is.

You really have to get closer to the source to know the truth about Bike Hut. It was once mine - my pride and joy as it were - that's for sure. I nutured it, fed it, nursed it and watched it bloom quickly into a remarkable thing. Many passed through and were blessed. Yet, Life took me away and now I know it only by name - the name I passed on to others.

The mystery lies in how it came to be theirs.