wang writes

I don’t know bout you, but time passes pretty fast for me. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing, but it just seems Saturdays come too quickly. It felt like just a couple of days between my last CycleWorx ride and this morning’s. Maybe I’m just having too much fun, because that’s when they say time flies?

Not to be morbid or anything, but it’s pretty damn scary. Before I know it I’ll be 30,  hopefully married soon, then comes the kids, then mid-life crisis, then a continued slog at work, more kids related problems, retirement, old age… ultimately, death — physical death, spiritually I believe I will live on.

When that time does come, which in reality could be the next second, minute, day, month, year — whenever — I hope I will be able to say I lived a happy and fulfilling life, and was able to inspire and touch some others along the way. Everyday I want to be a better person. Be kinder, more generous, friendlier, happier, more understanding, be a faster swimmer, cyclist and runner, a better sister, daughter, granddaughter, friend.

And you know what? I think it all just starts with a simple smile.

Smile and they say the whole world smiles with you. I tell you, smile and the ride doesn’t hurt so much, Mt Faber doesn’t seem as steep, 45km/h will feel slow as a spin. Smile and the achy legs will go away, 84km won’t seem a long way to run, exhaustion will be unheard of. Smile and everything will be okay — even if you have done something very, very wrong.

So, there I was today, getting pulled along at 45km/h along Tuas by three guys (the rest of the pack were pretty far behind), legs starting to feel like jello. I smiled to myself, thought about how blessed I was to be able to do something I love, to have a  passion, and to do it pretty well too. Hey, didn’t hurt so much after all.

We made it to the end of NTU waaay early and waited for the rest of the peloton to catch up. I was pretty toast by then, but managed to find my second wind through Kranji and Mandai. 115km in the bag. Sweet.

I can feel it. I’m on my way to being a better person.