Good and Bad

What makes an experience significant? For me, it’s the emotion and the feeling of being changed somehow afterwards. Things have happened in my life whether I’ve wanted them to or not. Every experience I have gone through has affected me in one way or another. However, the most significant experiences are the ones a person can really change and learn from. Learning to ride a bike and a death in the family were both life changing events for me.
“Riding a bike is hard to do and takes time, but you will eventually learn how to.” That’s what my dad told me the first day he took the training wheels off my bike. It took me a while for him to convince me that it was time. However, I finally worked up the courage to do so one day. While I was in the house putting on my helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, and everything else, my dad took my bike into the backyard. I felt a little hesitation walking out that backdoor. I began questioning myself about my readiness for this. I decided to put...