Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.

It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.

The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more. you're all good.

Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.

Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I felt alive for the first time.

I'd learn that it's not just where you go, but how you choose to get there. So I pulled that sign off the green bike - ENJOY YOUR RIDE! - and went inside to take the first step toward doing just that.

Your actions is like a raindrop; it falls into the pond making ripples and then its over.