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| The path was to the right of the stadium through the trees. |
I biked to campus this evening- like I usually do. Biking is much cooler than driving—not just
because I usually do it, but you can use that as a reason. Also, the speed one goes is directly
proportional to the coolness factor. Biking
this afternoon I ran into difficulty as so many people were walking around the
stadium. I decided to take my secret
shortcut on the higher road and cut through a dirt trail a little higher than
the stadium parking lot. It was a good
idea- but when I got on it I realized the majority of it had been torn up and
was now mostly loose dirt/sand/no trail.
It was bumpitybumpitybumpitybumpity. As I got on I thought wow,
I did not know I was coordinated to ride my bike across this without going
falling over! On sand/loose dirt, if
you go to slow the bike does funny things and it is easy fall to the side, or
nearly impossible to get going. This
evening I found I could ride over it for an extended period of time! I learned sometimes I don’t really know what I
am able to do, until I suddenly find myself in the middle of doing it.
I was not able to ride my bike to campus when I first
started this semester. This past summer
I had both knees and a hip replaced. The
joints have been a little reluctant to start working for me again, but they
have slowly been coming back. The main
therapy I have been doing on them has been biking as mentioned and recently I
added swimming again. I had earlier had
my other hip replaced, so this summer made it so I had a complete set- both
knees and both hips. I did not know I
could handle this and still be a happy person.
But hey- I’m doing it! Going over
the muddy sand at first I was a little shocked, but the momentum of the bike
carried me until I could get going. With
these surgeries I have also been carried as I learn to deal with them. I found that being carried on my bike is a
wonderful analogy for how we are lifted through the struggles we have in life.
