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QotD: It's Like Riding A Bike
Who taught you how to ride a bike?
My dad. I still remember it, and thinking of it, it is one of the most vivid memories i have left of him. We were at this traffic park (i don't know if you have them in your part of the world, but basically it's a bunch of streets with traffic signs and all, resembling the streets of a small town but meant for kids and their bikes). I felt very wobbly but my dad said just pedal on and i'll hold on to your bike for as long as is needed.
I pedal'ed and wobbled, my dad jogged behind the bike. In fact, i can still hear his steps now.
Eventually my biking started to get stable enough for me to actually trust my own biking. I believed i looked behind and my smiling dad told me that he'd already let go of the bike long ago!
In retrospect, i don't know how that didn't turn out to be the penultimate trustbreaker, but it wasn't. Instead, i learned how to bike.
Thanks dad. I'll teach my kids too.