One of my very fond addictions include, not that i have many of them, but of course one of them entails my keen affinity towards cycling. My cycling trips have been a real eye opener and have endowed me with some important lessons, which I seldom want to part away with. I am sharing the lessons that I learnt during the course of this rigor, which I presume would motivate others to take up cycling as a hobby or a fitness sport.
Unequivocal vision - As you cycle around the crowded streets, the busy roads occupied by the heavy
locomotives, they huddled lanes filled with
mortals, you have one thing in mind is to clear yourself from the ever ending chaos. The vision is to reach a peace of solace, where you can enjoy the ride, feel the nature and immerse yourself in the process of cycling. I found that the analogy is applicable in my life too, there are times when we are caught up in the quagmire of whether to take up an intended step or not. We ruminate upon the repercussions of our action. The fact is that, the pursuit of vision should not disturbed by any of the factors, as you maneuver you way to a place with peace, you need to remember that it is applicable in your own life. Think that the peaceful place is the vision, drive yourself, push yourself till you reach the place. Stay in the zone for sometime, but again challenge yourself as milestones cannot be constant, they need to be altered at periodic intervals. Go back to the chaos, find your way back and fill the bliss.
The never say die attitude - The second critical lesson was developing a 'never say die' attitude. While cycling you face strong winds against you, sometimes even the physical stress that you endure is enormous. There comes a point when you are exhausted, dead tired and you want to give up but and then the destination is far, the goal is unaccomplished and so you start developing an attitude of not giving up. You build a will to live, a will to conquer any obstacle that shows up on the way. The metaphor holds true to my life till date. I developed a tendency to face challenges with perseverance, positive attitude and a patient temperament.
Networking is built by good habits - I often meet people on my way, who admire by bike by lauding its looks and then finally boiling down to the question (kitne ka liya?), which means how much did you pay for it? I refrain from answering that question as I avoid to brag about my bike, which I brought after paying an astronomical amount. During the conversations, I had an opportunity to network with a lot of good people, who started thinking of initiating cycling as a hobby and I am glad that I am able to infect them with the pursuit of a fine habit. True if bad habits are infectious, even the good ones are and one cannot even escape from it, but one thing to be kept in the mind is to persistently follow the habit without giving it up.
Effort to go that extra mile - I found that cycling as a hobby always motivates you to go that extra mile, take that extra step, put that added effort to accomplish tasks. It teaches you that the human body is amazing and all the pains rest in the mind, the moment you cease to think over the pain you start winning every battle, every obstacle posed in front of you. I started drawing some important parallels from this process. It built the faith within me that I can go an extra mile, put that extra effort to accomplish personal as well as professional tasks.
I sense the lessons drawn are crucial and can help anyone reach their goals and accomplish any feat that they they are impossible. The one line conclusion for my hobby is - "Impossibles are done right away, miracles take may take some time". Adopt the sport and see the difference. The time has started and I am away for my cycling.
Unequivocal vision - As you cycle around the crowded streets, the busy roads occupied by the heavy
locomotives, they huddled lanes filled with
Networking is built by good habits - I often meet people on my way, who admire by bike by lauding its looks and then finally boiling down to the question (kitne ka liya?), which means how much did you pay for it? I refrain from answering that question as I avoid to brag about my bike, which I brought after paying an astronomical amount. During the conversations, I had an opportunity to network with a lot of good people, who started thinking of initiating cycling as a hobby and I am glad that I am able to infect them with the pursuit of a fine habit. True if bad habits are infectious, even the good ones are and one cannot even escape from it, but one thing to be kept in the mind is to persistently follow the habit without giving it up.Effort to go that extra mile - I found that cycling as a hobby always motivates you to go that extra mile, take that extra step, put that added effort to accomplish tasks. It teaches you that the human body is amazing and all the pains rest in the mind, the moment you cease to think over the pain you start winning every battle, every obstacle posed in front of you. I started drawing some important parallels from this process. It built the faith within me that I can go an extra mile, put that extra effort to accomplish personal as well as professional tasks.
I sense the lessons drawn are crucial and can help anyone reach their goals and accomplish any feat that they they are impossible. The one line conclusion for my hobby is - "Impossibles are done right away, miracles take may take some time". Adopt the sport and see the difference. The time has started and I am away for my cycling.
