Healing after bicycle accident
One morning, I was on a training ride on my bike in the mountains near my home in Colorado. I was on the road and making a fast descent when I entered a tunnel. Since I was the only traffic in the tunnel, I veered to the center to be as far from the sidewalls as possible. But when I got to the center line, I was surprised to encounter newly installed rumble strips in the pavement. The vibrations from running over the strips at high speed caused me to lose control of the bike. I somersaulted off the bike and hit the pavement, skidding on my backside for a number of yards. My bicycle ended up against the sidewall about 25 yards (almost 23 meters) away.
When I came to a stop, I was hurt and confused. However, I knew I needed to get out of the roadway before a vehicle came through. I had studied and practiced Christian Science all my life, so I knew what to do.
I immediately started praying, affirming that I was all right and could get up. This affirmation was based on a statement I recalled from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “Accidents are unknown to God or immortal Mind, and we must leave the mortal basis of belief and unite with the one Mind, in order to change the notion of chance to the proper sense of God’s unerring direction and thus bring out harmony” (p. 424). I knew I couldn’t be separated from God’s care.
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