Like Riding A Bike

William Golding once said, The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off, he will fall off. If you think about it, what he said can parallel the growth of a person from adolescence to one's latter years of life. In a way, when each of us are born into the world, immediately the training wheels are put on to protect us from the scrapes and bruises we will suffer.

Inevitably, those training will come off as the adolescent becomes a teenager and comes into his or her own way of dealing with the pressures of life. As teenagers, it can be a little scary as oneis somwhat set free of the rescritions that hold on back from taking all out risks. Speed is oftentimes a common denominator as one wants feel the rush of adrenaline as he or she experiences life, but under the watchful eye of one's parents. It's at a matter of patience as one's inner daredevil wants to emerge so badly.

As we reach adulthood one starts to learn the tricks of the trades and begins to ride the road of life as if he or she were inthe X-games. As said before, one's inner daredevil will begin to emerge and try stunts that no normal person would dare try, just say been there, done that. A person's ego can sometimes get the better of him or her as he or she tries to impress or show off to one's peers or that guy or girl. One will suffer broken bones that will leaves scars but that's the price one pays for the thrills of excitement.

For each of us will reach or already have reached the latter days of life; one's ability to stay balanced on the bike of life is becoming harder as time goes by. Each of us know that if we stop, we will fall and like it has been said so many times before, we've fallen and we can't get up. One will have the mindset that we're not young as we used to be, for the broken bones don't heal as quickly and we can't keep pace with the younger generation. For one day, we're going to get off that bike and not be able to get back on ever again.

Lance Armstrong spent much of his life on a bike and made a successful career out of it winning the Tour De France 6 times. Through those grueling trials he never gave up the up-hill battle, for he kept pedaling to the finish line. In retrospect, for me personally, it's gonna be an adjustment getting back into the groove of working at the Youth Center after being out of the game for about a month due to Hurricane Ivan. BUT as the saying goes, it's like riding a bike, one's own instincts will kick back in as you get on that proverbial saddle again.