Learning to Ride a Bike (And Other Scary Life Situations) Self-Talk

April 28, 2009

We've been bike riding lately in this beautiful spring weather. The kiddos that is; I can't ride with them yet because Brienne still needs my steady hand while she's learning to ride a two-wheeler (plus, if I was riding who would take the photos?) She's almost got it but her starts and stops are kind of shaky... literally.

This is a huge milestone for her and once she's motoring there will be no holding her back.

But it's still a little scary for her, she's told me. To encourage herself while riding she told me she says the following to herself (as she started to tell me this I grabbed my notebook - always carry a notebook!).

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"Ride smoothly."

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"If you need to fall, brake before you do it."

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"Fall and don't hurt yourself, that equals happiness."

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"Soon I will be able to to ride on 2 wheels. Before summer."

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"Keep calm."

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