IN YOUR OWN WORDS I wanted to get back to Denver in time to watch my football team play. So, I was trying to catch the Greyhound bus back home, but they wouldn’t let me on the bus with my bike. I decided to ride my bike on the highway, so that I could watch the football game the next day. I’d been riding my bike on the highway for about half an hour when the cops kicked me off the highway and made me go through small towns. The ride was breathtaking. I saw buffalos and prairie dogs for the first time. I also saw an emu farm along the way. Meanwhile, I stopped in every little town I went through, and then, I finally made it to Castle Rock. I didn’t want to sleep out where the prairie dogs were, so I got a motel room and started to watch the football game. After the game ended, I got back on the highway, and rode my bike to Denver.■ LANDO ALLEN. CREDIT: SARAH HARVEY A different kind of BICYCLE TOUR BY LANDO ALLEN, VOICE VENDOR ONE YEAR, I was interested in people who were riding bikes to other cities. I thought that was very cool. I heard about people who would ride their bikes to Atlanta from Colorado. I asked all kinds of questions about what they did and how they survived. So, I was catching a bus from Denver to Colorado Springs for a job I was doing down there. A lady I worked with in Colorado Springs sold me her bike, and I picked it up after I was finished working for the day. Good Morning, Self. LET’S TALK! BY RAELENE JOHNSON, VOICE VENDOR GOOD MORNING, SELF. Did you thank your Higher Power for waking you up? Soon as you wash your face, look in the mirror and say, “Today will be a good day. I love you. Think positive always! It will be a great day. I believe in you. You can do anything!” Keep looking deeply at Self so you can know it’s true! Do it all day. Say it over again all day. And if you do, your mind will believe it, and good things will come your way! Self, when you get up and say, “I know someone will mess with me, I’m no good at anything, no one likes me or wants to be around me, no one can love me because that is what everyone said to me all the time, so you know it must be true,” RAELENE JOHNSON. CREDIT: CORTNEY TABERNA all you are doing is sending the negative messages to the universe, so the universe sends that back to you! So, Self, talk nice to Self. Believe you deserve the best. Tell Self, “I will take nothing less than the BEST!” Self, do you know that self-talk is positive? Like yourself, hypnotize yourself to only take in good. Do not let anyone say you’re no good, you’re a dummy, you’re not worth love. If they do, you have to tell them that’s not true. Speak up for Self. Self, you get to choose the words you keep in or let go of. If it sounds good, feels, good and is not painful, then go for that. You will find how great it is to care about Self and not let unhealthy words keep you down. Think hard. Only you can change your life, Self. I love you, Self. ■ Spring WISH LIST DENVERVOICE.ORG/VENDOR-NEEDS Drop-offs are accepted Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. or schedule a drop-off by emailing program@denvervoice.org. NEW ITEMS NEEDED: Socks Reusable water bottles Sunscreen, toothpaste, deodorant, chapstick Paper products for the office GENTLY USED ITEMS NEEDED: Flat screen TV Gloves Umbrellas that can fit into a backpack Ball caps/hats for warm weather Backpacks Panchos & windbreakers (Men’s L, XL, XXL) July 2021 DENVER VOICE 5
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