Perspective

Have you ever had one of those moments where a lot of things flash before you and you get an insight that it been missing. This happened a few weeks ago when my wife was taking me to listen to some music. A motorcycle pulled up on a side street and I thought what a sweet looking ride. Later on I saw on TV that it was a Kawasaki Vulcan. One thing I realized a long time ago when I started using a power wheelchair and a van to get around. I would see sporty cars, cool trucks and other vehicles that I daydreamed about owning or driving. With MS and the van I had to give up those daydreams. I realize how often and how much I missed this.
For a while now I've been daydreaming about Mustangs. As we passed by this motorcycle I had a sudden flash of insight. If I was still healthy I would have wanted a Mustang but with no garage to put it in I probably would've purchased a Kawasaki Vulcan. I used to have a motorcycle in my earlier years. It was a Yamaha RD 350. It wasn't fast but it was quick. It was the fastest vehicle that could go from 0 to 45. The way I used to drive it was that I would keep the tach at about 3200 RPM. In third-year this meant I could zoom up to 60 or stop really fast. In third-year this man I was driving around most of the time at 45 miles an hour.
The insights that hit me was if I was driving a motorcycle maybe I would've ended up pretty much the same as I am now if I had had a crash. Maybe MS save me from being a total quadriplegic. Who knows? I realize then how many ways I could've gotten in trouble and I not come down with MS. I'm not saying I'm glad I have MS but who knows it what life would've been without it. Like Igor said in Young Frankenstein – it could be worse it could be raining, thunderclap, pouring rain. One of the funniest movies ever in is always maybe think it could be worse..