what did cascading teach us?

  "Oh no, brakes' not working" I muttered to myself. Down I went with acceleration in the wheels of my bicycle. I'd been told that the slope was somewhat unusual. Still, the faith on me and my bike got me going through. I'd no idea what was going to happen to me in the next few seconds. With all my efforts, I tried to provide friction with my feet. Still, it was fruitless.
  Till now, I was convinced that I was going to have a terrible fall. But there was no clue, when was that going to happen. Suddenly, slope found a plain path and with all my hindrance that my feet could provide, my cycle stopped and I tumbled down. With the hills and dales of the path, my knee was severely injured with rashes leaving it bleeding.
 My friend came running with dismayed expressions. She assisted me to get up. To everybody's surprise, I had a smile on my face. Even though whatever happened in last few moments was horrifying, it was a well known feeling. It was not something I had experienced for the first time. I saw the wound which was severely bleeding and summoned up the childhood memories. I recalled the time when I'd learned riding bike. The cascades had been petrifying at that time, leaving me crying for hours. But as I grew up, falling down became a part of my life.
  Games included my ardent play and surrendering me to the sport in which I and my friends have fallen for multitude of times. The falls taught us to help and assist each other in bad times. If I'd been afraid of falling before learning to ride bike, I'd have never learnt it. It resembles to our lives as 'if we were afraid of failing, we wouldn't have stood up on our own feet'.
  Falls in our lives make us strong human beings. They teach us to battle, defend and make a new beginning. If a person hasn't experienced something bad, he might not make efforts for success considering the past failures. And in the end, that's what life is all about, taking risks, keeping faith and surviving.
  Then why not take risks and experience falls? It might teach you to rise from it all by yourself.