New day. New wheels. New me.
For a second I forget that I'm on Earth.
For a second I find what heaven looks like. What it feels like.
The cold bites through my shoes but its the least of my concerns right now. My watch buzzes as 5 am ticks and I shake off the hoax, bending down to tie my laces.
I am sitting here, all alone, accompanied by nothing but inner peace.
It took me no more than three seconds to realise that I should've brought gloves. It felt like I was pulling at knives rather than a lace. Shivering from the cold, I somehow complete the task, put on my helmet and glide onto the track.
I felt like an eagle tasting freedom for the first time on the new wheels I got fitted in just yesterday. But heaven knows I probably look like a toad trying to fly. But I don't care- not when it made me feel so good.
After the warm up labs, 7 km was set into motion, the pace was dead slow but rhythm-ed and peaceful. Almost like every crack and bump of the rink was been re-synced into my body.
By the time I could blink the sun rose like a perfect figment of mystical fantasy. The track was sun-kissed with golden rays and I could feel the goosebumps erupting head to toe.
My watch buzzed again, this time signalling the end of my session and I undid my skates, took off my helmet and stretched under the morning wind. As I packed my bag and headed to the gate to get home, I turned around.
How such serenity managed to find me is still a mystery.
All my setbacks, failures and falls which brought tremendous heartbreak as a part of the deal ironically shaped me to turn out the way I did.
I realise, it is never about the destination, it is always the journey and the people you meet through it that matter the most.
My parents, my siblings, my friends and even my opponents have inspired me in one way or the other and I don't tell them everyday but when I wake up, the first thing I see is the person that they constantly help become better.
I’m truly blessed.
Not because of anything I own. But because I have been given the best people to figure out life with, because I feel the way I feel, because I have been given the ability to be able to do what I love or want to do and because I have been given the privilege to see the world the way I see it.
And I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
