Someone to believe

Took a newbie out of the road today.  We road nice and slow and about 7 miles total.  I didn't want to frighten him away the first time as I know he wants to succeed in this for a number of reasons.  It was kinda funny as he had a wicked cool bike... a bit older but wicked cool!!!  A Cannondale of course...much, much fancier than mine :) hehehe.. Silly as it may seem, I just don't want to part with my Raleigh Racer. Simple, nothing fancy and it's good to me, so I'm going to ride the racer as long as it'll carry me.   So newbie did great,  Stopped about 5 miles in for a short walk as I pedal slowly to his left.  It's important that you listen to your body.  He did great tho, and next time we plan to hit 10 miles and after that 14.  As quickly or slowly as they need.  This particular cyclist has been putting it off for a very long time.  Took a year to get the bike tuned up and still sat and collected dust until today.  Although he cycled prior, actually cycled thru Alaska!!!!  450 miles total/7 days, with stops along the way, to horse back ride or ride in a helicopter... WOW!!!  how cool when I heard about his adventures.  Adventures I think he somewhat has forgotten about, or even lost.  Anyway... Some times we stop believing in ourselves, and then we find someone that believes in us, helps us along without even knowing it... Sometimes we just need someone to believe in us.