On Saturday I took my son Matthew to Elgin for a bike race. He was pumped, I was pumped too. 10km of beautiful forest and a morning together – bonding.
Matthew is an exceptional child. At 8 years of age he still sees no barriers to his life or achieving anything he sets his mind to. It is remarkable to see.
So he told everyone who would listen that he was going to win. At the gun he raced off in first place with me chasing him across the field into a short section of single track and onto the jeep track.
“My god he’s leading out the race” was my first thought. Sure this is just a fun ride, but my boy is out there showing his stuff and really believes that he can do this.
The lessons in life come from everywhere, but none are better than from our kids. He went on to take 4th place and even though it was an untimed event he crowed about his victory to anyone who would listen – a perfect cyclist in the making. Now I just need to make sure that he applies this to his school work too. Being a parent I still need to ensure that he has an education if the pro cycling thing does not work out. And we need to work on his downhill and single track speed…
Our kids will always teach us stuff if we are just willing to listen. It is stuff we forget and forgo regularly…
And as an old colleague says in his cartoon today - “Be the person you were born to be.” Matt – continue believing your dreams and I will support you.
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