Pickles And Cucumbers

Once a cucumber becomes a pickle, it can never go back to being a cucumber again. It is a lesson that is hard to learn and easy to forget.

Some will use this as a time to make jokes or play dime store shrink or just wonder why. We know why. The built-in forgetter. Further proof of what we know about half measures. Or just a desire for a split-second to be somewhere else that was stronger than the desire to be in the moment.

It can happen to anyone and usually does. Most people don't hop on a bike for the first time and ride perfectly right from the get-go. Most also don't have the added burden of knowing their troubles will become tabloid fodder.

But ultimately it comes down to remembering what you are and what will happen if you forget.

Be strong. Get back on the bike. The only failure is when you quit.