“Commitment is the line you must cross. It’s the difference between dreaming and doing.”
In my first year of mountain biking I came across this quote
and many versions like it. The more experienced riders told me I needed to
fully commit to a difficult skill or task while on the bike or I’d crash. It
was that simple. I wasn’t sure if I believed them, could it really be that
simple? Guess there is only one way to find out. I figured the best way to test
their philosophy was on a group ride. I became anxious as we approached a steep
difficult drop that I was very familiar with. Actually I had become a pro at
somersaulting down it while clinging onto the bike. Okay, it’s show time. As I
nervously reached the edge hands sweating, heart racing I told myself “you are
going to do this, you totally have this. Commit Casey!!!” I was actually
shouting this out to myself just incase I couldn’t hear my thoughts. The drop
was so steep that I had to push myself back far enough so I won’t topple over
the handle bars. My saddle (bike seat) was about in my chest but I wasn’t an
acrobat today, I cleared it. Hellz Yeah, this commitment thing worked!! They
were right. I was doing not dreaming. To this day all I have to do is commit
and there are no crashes. In a way it made something hard easy. It was as if
life had no choice but to succeed when in that state of mind. So how does this
bike philosophy parallel with life? Does it translate? Will it have the same
result? What if I crash or fail? I guess the only way to truly find out is to
commit.
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