LETTERS FROM ME ON A BICYCLE~INTRODUCTION

         You may wonder what I'm talking about. You see, I am 11 now, and I've started to realize things that I didn't know before. Sometimes I have very sad moments, but I hope that I can read these letters in the future, and no matter how badly punctuated they may be, they will inspire me to move on. In my utopia, I imagine that hundreds of people read these letters and they get inspired by them. Honestly, I'm still 11, so don't blame me if I'm silly, but I honestly don't even know if people CAN access my blog.

         Anyways, I'm not very athletic and I could probably be more fit, and I'm not a competitive biker at all obviously, but when I get on my bike, I feel happiness and inspiration. Some of those probably just come from me being on my bike, because you should know, that exercising creates chemicals in the body to make you feel happy. Maybe I'm not completely accurate on that one, or many other things, but I choose to believe this because at least exercising prevents me from dwelling too much on certain things, and that often really just makes me feel better.

         So basically the whole point of this was to make me feel better. When I was younger, I know that I always felt like all the negative things were so far away: they couldn't touch me. As I grew to be this age, I understood more things, like life and death and that continuous cycle, and that honestly, anywhere on Earth, there were bound to be risks. This led to me over-thinking, and sometimes I really feel scared and sad. But I had things to get me through it.
       
         I want this series of "letters" to be both humorous and inspiring, but make people feel like they can relate to you. Honestly, I live in a very lucky place, and sometimes counting my blessing and listing what I'm grateful really makes me feel quite happy and lucky. I think of all the people in the world who've had to go through so many worse hardships. Honestly, I think if they could go through these things, why can't I? Whose to say that I'm not capable of dealing with these things? Although, I do realize, honestly, and I have to say this, that right now I have a pretty weak mind. But this is to help me get through it. So basically, tell yourself that life is a sidewalk; you can fall numerous times. But pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and keep on going. Certainly, you will eventually reach a part of the sidewalk that's smoother than the rest. Sometimes you might have a harder time picking yourself up. I say there's no harm done in having other people help you pick yourself up. Sometimes you'll need help. Sometimes you feel sad. Sometimes you question yourself.

         Things work out often, but you also have to accept that sometimes things don't work out. My mom told me about the sidewalk. Eventually I questioned her: What if you couldn't pick your self up, and people couldn't help you either? That was what really scared me. But my mom told me something that I will try hardest to keep with me. Well if you're always worrying, why not think of this: Why aren't you worried about something in the cosmos shifting and us all being doomed? True that's extreme, and I myself don't like to talk about bad scenarios, but honestly, there are so many things we can't control. That might not feel fair, and sometimes it still doesn't feel fair. Why can't things sometimes be all fine? Why do bad things have to happen sometimes? Well don't you think that if bad things never happen, you wouldn't treasure the good things as much? The point is: If you are always worried about what's going to happen tomorrow, answer me this: "Is that going to stop you from living your life today?" I know sometimes things really seem sad and you don't really think that this will help, but there are so many amazing people out there who, despite all the odds, kept living. Keep trying, whoever is reading, whether it be myself or someone I don't know at all.

Signing off,
Me :)