Like Riding a Bike
- Tuesday, October 05 2010 @ 09:12 am
- Contributed by: Jet
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Do you remember what it felt like to learn to ride a bike? Not what it's like to ride one now, but the first few times – the awkwardness, the lack of balance. When others hopped on and took off it looked easy, but for you it was like you had to tell your body to do something utterly foreign; each step of the process had to be thought through, and it didn't always feel natural.
Then, of course, one day it clicked. You got on the bike and it didn't feel like you had to remember every little step anymore; you fixed your eyes on a point in the distance and just left. You were one of the people who made it look so easy, and soon the difficulty of learning faded from your mind. Instead of Learning to Ride a Bike, the Challenge, it was Bike Riding: A Skill You'll Never Forget.
For some people, dating is like learning to ride a bike: it's hard. It can feel awkward and unnatural. Every step has to be carefully analyzed. And it's frustrating, seeing others for whom it appears to be the easiest thing in the world.
But there's a light at the end of the tunnel; at some point, something just clicks. Like any other skill, those required in dating – small talk, overcoming shyness, etc – can be learned. Soon you move up the ladder to more advanced challenges: maintaining a long-term relationship, for example. Meeting people or going on a first date becomes easy.
However, like bike-riding, there's only one way you can acquire this skill: practice. Sometimes it means falling over; sometimes you might get scraped knees. Maybe it takes more than one person offering advice, because there's someone out there who will describe what you need to do in just the right way. But don't lose heart; one way or another, you'll get the hang of it. Before you know it, you'll be flying down the block.
Then, of course, one day it clicked. You got on the bike and it didn't feel like you had to remember every little step anymore; you fixed your eyes on a point in the distance and just left. You were one of the people who made it look so easy, and soon the difficulty of learning faded from your mind. Instead of Learning to Ride a Bike, the Challenge, it was Bike Riding: A Skill You'll Never Forget.
For some people, dating is like learning to ride a bike: it's hard. It can feel awkward and unnatural. Every step has to be carefully analyzed. And it's frustrating, seeing others for whom it appears to be the easiest thing in the world.
But there's a light at the end of the tunnel; at some point, something just clicks. Like any other skill, those required in dating – small talk, overcoming shyness, etc – can be learned. Soon you move up the ladder to more advanced challenges: maintaining a long-term relationship, for example. Meeting people or going on a first date becomes easy.
However, like bike-riding, there's only one way you can acquire this skill: practice. Sometimes it means falling over; sometimes you might get scraped knees. Maybe it takes more than one person offering advice, because there's someone out there who will describe what you need to do in just the right way. But don't lose heart; one way or another, you'll get the hang of it. Before you know it, you'll be flying down the block.
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