It’s never too late to learn something. I’m starting to dare myself to learn the things I wanted to learn one at a time. I don’t know how to ride a bike. The truth that I am not so proud of. I tend to envy the small children who play happily with their bike, I envy the gramps that rides the bike, and I envy everyone who can ride a bike! LOL. It is easy just to give up and say stuffs like ‘biking is not for me.’ But hey, I gotta be true to myself that I really wanted to learn.
So, for a start, I bought a second hand bike. The space available around my house is just a small pathway. It is dangerous for me to try to learn on the streets, I might be run over by a vehicle. Of course, I don’t like that. So, the bike stood on display for like three months with me wondering how I will ever learn it by myself. So, I searched for an instructional video. Luckily, that video is so easy to do, it gives me a bit confidence to try it. And the fact that the one on the video is not a young lady, it gives me the confidence that I might learn it.
I tried it today. I bumped to the plants on our small pathway. I did it over and over again despite the bruises I get from the pedals hitting my legs. I get bruises so easily and I even broke a plant pot. Haha. But anyways, I think it’s all worth it. I get to learn how to ride it! Although I can’t ride it smoothly just yet. I’m glad I can ride it finally! 
If there’s something you wanna learn, it’s never too late to try. 
~Melonaide
This is truly wonderful, Mel!!! Good for you, learning something so useful and fun–and thank you more than I can say, for the encouraging lesson I needed to hear!! You’re the best–God bless you abundantly. love, Auntie Caddo
Thanks Auntie, I’m happy that after many years I am finally learning something I wanna learn!
You go girl!!! Thanks for the inspirational email chat too – I’ve booked into a drawing class, I start Friday
Cool!! How did it go?
Yeah really good, I am really looking forward to my next lesson and it has given me more stuff to blog about
Great job!!! Good luck on your travels and keep pedaling Mel!!!
Thanks so much! I’m hoping to start new adventures with my bike!
Go for it Mel! It takes a while to learn, but you’ll love it. The front wheel looks great.
Thanks Hanneke! I can ride it now but I’m still not that good to take it out on the busy streets. I hope I will be able to soon!
Good for you! I went through the same thing with roller blades. I started out in my kitchen. I can ride around paved trails now. It’s one of my favorite things.
Wow…roller blades. I wanna learn them too! Wait, I gotta master how to use a bike first! LOL
It’s fantastic to hear that you try anyway! And I’m sure you’ll get better and better if you keep it up.
It was the same for me with swimming… but I finally learned it, even though I’m still not very good at it. However, it is fun!
I hope you have fun with your bike as well!
I’m not a very sporty person and I don’t know how to swim!!! LOL. Learning that is also included in my ‘bucket list’. LOL