I Ride For: Mitch

Like most people I ride for, I have not yet met Mitch. I know he is a young man who has bone marrow cancer. It is different than mine and I was told the name, but I cannot remember it. (I could never spell it anyway.) I know it is cancer and because it is in the bone marrow it is already considered “ metastasized”.

As I rode for Mitch these last few weeks, I wandered back in time to my early 20s and tried to remember what I was worried about. I can assure you that having cancer and realizing that I was mortal was never in my thoughts back then. It was school, girlfriend, money, and a job. It was getting my car fixed, arguing with my parents on when to be home, and figuring out what to do on a Friday night. This all seemed big to me back then, and as I rode I wished these were the only things Mitch had to worry about today.

Mitch, I have only one useful piece of advice (I have a lot of not useful pieces of advice. Ha!). Here it is: No matter what is happening with you there is always something else you can do either physically, mentally, or spirituality. ALWAYS! When shit gets really bad, find that one thing that you can control and focus on that. Eat more vegetables. Meditate. Read something that is bigger than you are. It does not matter what it is as long as it moves you forward in some way, shape, or form.

SHINE!
The Road Rider