Back To Basics

Today, my cousin, 19 years old, returned my skates, which she borrowed on last Friday. She fell down a few times and got some bruises. She decided not to learn skating. She said that inline skating was boring. I would say that inline skating is a leisure activity for me. It will not be the end of the world if I do not know how to skate.

I remember that in the year 1999, I started to learn skating. My wife, girlfriend then, was my coach. Ha! How useless of me. We were dating and we went skating one day. My cool side was “uncooled” when I landed on my bum. We had a good laugh. After that, I went on to add collections of scars to my already much scarred body. I am able to skate now effortlessly, all thanks to my wife. In fact, I am able to do some stunts. (Better than her now!)

I see learning to skate as the same process as a baby learning to walk. Throw all egos aside and you learn the simple but hard way. SIMPLY HAVE TO DO IT!!! Try, fall, try, fall, try… and finally succeed. I guess it may be the same for everything else in life.