faithlove617
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I rode at the ride day a few weeks back and it sparked a fire in me to ride again. I have prolly ridden about 3 hours in the past 3 years altogether. Their is people on here from all different circumstances and ages, so I am hoping for some wisdom. To most this would appear as a simple choice i suppose, but not for me or maybe I need to see it that way.
Why I don't ride...I didn't have a job that paid enough for like the last 4 years and now i do. Some money i did have, I used to help my family but don't have to anymore. Some of the knuckle-headed decisions I have made don't help. When I was younger, if I didn't get to ride, you for sure didn't want me as your friend. My brother got hurt a while back, and I used to feel guilty for being able to ride an he can't, so that would stop me too. I also look at sacrifice which is my main reason why I am asking. I was in school to become a fireman/paramedic for a good job until I become a preacher but had to stop that to get my dad out of the nursing home, so now I work for a good company doing mostly commercial concrete.
The sacrifice part...I work alot between my regular job and the racetracks. I am working towards schooling at church to be a preacher...i feel in my heart that's what i will ultimately end up doing. I will not give up the dedication to the mx community right now, but will in prolly 5-7 years to pursue preaching. I would just like to be able to ride 3-4 times a month, it's like someone who loves fishing; well i love riding. I think it will help me loosen up in life to throw some roost. I think it is the same way for alot of us that motocross is therapy per say...when you ride, your like free. Atleast that is what it's like for me. I enjoy racing but really wont, maybe a few throughout a year if I did get a bike.
Aside from sacrifice is priorities...I am single, my dad and I live together, he is disabled. We rent a house together. Work is important being 27 now and a house to maintain, but even though i don't have a family to be responsible for I feel responsible to church and the motocross family. I don't want to hinder that. But if I hold back because for fear of getting hurt, than that isn't living at all, I would call it being scared not couragous. I mean we take risks for the meaning of it. If our country crumbled in fear when fighting for freedom, where would we be today.
Ahhh, just writing this I think about how much fun I have riding and that I really miss riding. Maybe this a part of maturing. So please some helpful advice would be much appreciated.
Why I don't ride...I didn't have a job that paid enough for like the last 4 years and now i do. Some money i did have, I used to help my family but don't have to anymore. Some of the knuckle-headed decisions I have made don't help. When I was younger, if I didn't get to ride, you for sure didn't want me as your friend. My brother got hurt a while back, and I used to feel guilty for being able to ride an he can't, so that would stop me too. I also look at sacrifice which is my main reason why I am asking. I was in school to become a fireman/paramedic for a good job until I become a preacher but had to stop that to get my dad out of the nursing home, so now I work for a good company doing mostly commercial concrete.
The sacrifice part...I work alot between my regular job and the racetracks. I am working towards schooling at church to be a preacher...i feel in my heart that's what i will ultimately end up doing. I will not give up the dedication to the mx community right now, but will in prolly 5-7 years to pursue preaching. I would just like to be able to ride 3-4 times a month, it's like someone who loves fishing; well i love riding. I think it will help me loosen up in life to throw some roost. I think it is the same way for alot of us that motocross is therapy per say...when you ride, your like free. Atleast that is what it's like for me. I enjoy racing but really wont, maybe a few throughout a year if I did get a bike.
Aside from sacrifice is priorities...I am single, my dad and I live together, he is disabled. We rent a house together. Work is important being 27 now and a house to maintain, but even though i don't have a family to be responsible for I feel responsible to church and the motocross family. I don't want to hinder that. But if I hold back because for fear of getting hurt, than that isn't living at all, I would call it being scared not couragous. I mean we take risks for the meaning of it. If our country crumbled in fear when fighting for freedom, where would we be today.
Ahhh, just writing this I think about how much fun I have riding and that I really miss riding. Maybe this a part of maturing. So please some helpful advice would be much appreciated.