“Falling in love is like riding a bike for the first time”. Why? Because it’s scary. And nerve racking. And terrifying. ‘Cause just like learning anything and everything else, we get excited, we tend to hesitate or the opposite, we result to rushing into it, then, we get on the bike and bam! Next thing you know, all these ironic emotions and mixed feelings starts to fill all four chambers of our hearts. Suddenly, everything is just so overwhelming. Everything is over powering. Every sensation we feel has a concurrent feeling of adrenaline rushing all throughout every vein in our bodies.
And then, we start to question ourselves, “What the hell did I get myself into?” Questions as to why this is something that’s never easy starts to settle. Nevertheless, the anticipation of succeeding is always and forever going to be in the back of our heads. Also, the desire to reach the point of triumph right that very second surfaces.
But you see, “Falling in love is like riding a bike for the first time.”
The feelings we feel deep down are never settling. We’re nervous. We’re anxious. And we kind of just want to get it over with. ‘Cause once we start to pedal, there’s no turning back. We’re moving slowly, but we’re moving surely. There’s one direction and no way to reverse our position. We just have to keep moving forward. We just have to continue what we have started. Because falling in love? It’s like riding a bike for the first time.
And for the first time, just like every first times, we may fall. We get cuts and bruises in the process, but they’re part of learning how to ride and how to ride better. The scars serves as reminders so we don’t make the same mistakes over and over. The bumps and marks represents our hard work and determination to reach our goal. Though at times it could be discouraging and it seems as if our heart is about to give out, we just need to be patient. We just need to be persistent. We just need to be relentless. ‘Cause when the right time comes, we’ll get there. We’ll get to our destination. We’ll get to be where we want to be.
Falling in love is like riding a bike for the first time. We take several chances and step into a side of uncertainty. It’s a mixture of hundreds, maybe even thousands of different emotions. Just like love, it’s a lot of trial and error. It’s a whole lot of heart breaks and soul searching. But when we figure it out, we’ll always know how. It’ll always almost be like an aquired habit or skill deeply ingrained in our bodies. It’ll alway almost be - involuntary.
Just like riding a bike for the first time, falling in love take a lot of courage. The fearlessness to get on, to learn how and the preparation and anticipation of falling takes a whole lot of heart. Because falling in love, we pride ourselves in making bad decisions to find clarity within to make even better ones. We strengthen ourselves so we are capable of taking chances and risks. And so, even if it doesn’t get any easier each time we try, we are knowledgeable and experienced enough to work through it and handle it better each and every given time.
My advice? Just fall in love. Learn, as if you are learning how to ride a bike for the first time. Prepare yourself to make all the errors. It’s a given. Don’t be afraid to fall or make mistakes. ”It’s okay if you’re scared”, because "The only thing scarier than falling in love again, is not falling in love again"