CC Biker & motorsports vol 8 issue 12
Please tell’em CC Biker and Motorsports Sent Ya
february 2024
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Love Her, but Leave Her Wild Ryan Hanson WRITER
Some things in this world are just meant to be free. ‘Way back’ in 2016 when I first began writing for this fine publication (hey Richard!), I had little to no idea what I was doing here. Or where I was going with it. One thing I did know was that I liked to write. Although I eventually left the position for different reasons, I always kept an open mind as to what the future might have in store. Back in the present day, sometime in January of 2024 (wow, already?), here I go again (Whitesnake shoutout). Upon attempting to scratch my writing itch and reaching out to our editor, I was asked to write something about love. Fitting, of course, when you consider that this upcoming month of February publication also happens to be that of (Saint) Valentine’s Day. After an almost eight-year hiatus as a contributing writer for CC Biker & Motorsports, I am definitely older, probably a bit tougher?, and one hundred percent wise guy, er, wiser. So, I started digging into some potential ideas. Then I stumbled upon multiple writers who are called, “Atticus.” The O.G. incarnation was a well-known poet and orator, who lived in ancient Greek times. Some may also point to an Atticus from the Bible, although I have personally been unable to deny nor confirm any direct mentioning of him in our most holy of books. The modern-day Atticus is arguably the most famous, perhaps also best
known for his works of writing. ‘Duncan Penn’ as he also calls himself, wrote the well-circulated poem titled, “Love Her But Leave Her Wild.” And that’s what got my gears turning. Relationships! Ah, the much-celebrated and oftendreaded “R” -word (no, not “Ryan”). What would we do without them? Perhaps we would be happier. Or maybe we’d be downright miserable. Whatever your personal interpretation may be, there’s little denying that the interactions we engage in with our fellow humans have a significant impact on, and place in, our day-to-day lives. Life is like a box of chocolates, says the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company co-founder. And I agree.
In this world, as in poker, there are many circumstances which you cannot even hope to have any amount of control over (the dealt cards). There does however remain a lot to the final outcome from your free will of choice, and your voluntary actions (hold, or discard?).
book title suggests. Perhaps my female counterparts are indeed from Venus while my neanderthal brothers and myself originally called the Martian rock home. That might miss the idea that while each and every last one of us exists individually and uniquely, as we are so gratefully blessed to be given this gift called life, we still actually share far more in common than we tend to believe. Like women, us men are also best left to our own devices. That is, when we are given the freedom to, well, live freely and make our own decisions. We the people, have near infinite potential for growth. As Americans, we are fortunate citizens of the most freedom-loving nation in the world.
And this got me to making a connection between the two. Aren’t people and by some extension the relationships we have with these people, and poker cards, kind of one in the same thing in many ways? Tell me you haven’t ditched a few jokers before, and I’ll immediately call your bluff. How many people have entered our lives, only to leave, seemingly as quickly as they arrived? Like a single-entry ticket to the fair, But when I look at this world, you only get the chance to I lean towards seeing things ride one time before it’s back “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” so goes the not so much as a cardboard to the beginning again. carton of confectionery cocoa Speaking of which. I have often famous quote found in our but more like a wild west wondered as many others do, poker game. We can point to if we are legitimately from two Love Her Continued on page 10 life itself as a prime example. different planets, as the famed