11/04/2023
Life is like riding a bicycle!
What did you learn back then, when you made your first attempt to ride a bicycle?
This my own experience,I saw a prize 🎁 and the shot🏹 I needed to take to get it🎯.
I was seven, most of the boys and girls in my hood were riding on their parents bicycles.as a child I use to see this as a shame cause I don't even know if pedaling forward or backwards was how to ride a bicycle.
I asked uncle frank to teach me. (Frank is a family friend,he had an old bicycle that he uses as a means of mobility when he goes to his farm.) he said "I will teach you and your cousin brother( Eden) together, he can to me two days ago.I was like no! no! no! Not Eden I said to myself.
I was 8months older than Eden.We both attended same school starting from 3rd grade to grade 5 and I was living in his father's house cause it was close to the school and I was from another city.
We used to fight for almost every thing like position in class,the hottest girl in school or hood and who will do the house chores.
He was always getting his mother's support when it comes to house chores but other things I could take without his or his mother's permission, I tried to do my best to get it! So this made us see each other as a Cain and Abel but none of us think about killing each other,we say ourselves as competition to each.
We are only close when the school bully was trying to get at him for talking back and me on the other hand was loved by the most feared teacher in the school 😊so the bully stayed away from me.
This was the reason I didn't want to learn how to ride a bicycle with Eden,but what can I do "Beggars don't negotiate". I was out of options cause I wanted to be among the respected kid in the neighborhood(what motivated me to ask for help.).
So the day came Eden was the first to climb on the bicycle and uncle frank held the bicycle so it doesn't fall while Eden tried pedaling forward as uncle frank has previously briefed us "pedal forward to make the wheels roll forward".
As he Eden pulled the pedal forward uncle frank said "I will let go now just keep moving forward to keep your balance and look at the road so you don't hit something ", Eden keep pulling and pulling and that's it he was riding the bicycle he was running fast and later turned and ride back to where I and Frank was standing so frank held the bicycle then he(Eden) came down.
I was afraid "I can't do this", I said to myself as some of kids were clapping for Eden they were now interested in watching us I already lost control because of the people looking at us and hailing at Eden for doing it.
"Your turn", uncle frank said I immediately came back to myself.
I was not only afraid at this point, I already lost my self confidence.then I climbed on the bicycle don't look at the pedals "Frank said.but I didn't listen I started pedaling forward I was moving then frank left the bicycle and told me to keep moving forward", I was not myself at this point cause I was scared like a little rabbit at this time.
After a little while I began peddling backwards I lost control and I was now wondering why I wasn't moving forward, I wasn't paying attention to what frank has told me earlier. "To keep my balance I need to keep moving forward". the thought about falling was the only thing in my head now.
Then I looked at my foot trying to figure out how to move the pedaller with my legs forward, I ran of the road then lost control and fell down,I got up checking if the bicycle was bad! I felt like I just tossed off the dock😩
I rolled the bicycle back to where frank was standing,then Eden said he wants to show me how it's done, there and then i thought myself a failure.
Eden sat on the bicycle and began to pedal and hailing back the kids that were laughing at me already..I buried my head in shame.
Then I heard Eden cried out in pain.while he was waving at the people watching, his foot has slipped and the pedal has wounded him in his right foot.me and Frank ran to meet him where he was lying down and helped him up that was it.he went home and our spectectors left. then I said to frank I want to try again and he agreed saying " if you want to do it forget about everyone and listen to what I have told you, it's the only help I can offer.
I climbed on the bicycle this time focused and I kept moving forward not fast cause I was still afraid and being careful after the little incident that just took place.
I made a turn at the end of the street back to uncle frank, that was my first experience.
And I learnt alot from the all thing that very day.
Frank taught me how to ride, I didn't stop I kept learning and never again was afraid of riding a bicycle.till today riding a bicycle is my hobby.
Morals:
I learned it's important to be sure than be right.
I don't really need to do something because of people, cause no one can rely satisfy everyone and everyone might not love you but learn to love yourself 🤗 that's how you learn to love others.
Be realistic,I should always believe in my ability to do things and if I think I am a dummy without brains people will definitely agree to it, because they will accept me at myself evaluation.
Have faith and believe strongly it will eventually come to be as I put effort in a positive manner.
Self confidence leads to self realization.
Did you get anything else from the story?
