Mountain biking, reset!

A pretty painful fall and a rainy month of May have put a serious damper on my early season mountain biking. Yesterday, as I was riding again, I begin with three recurring concerns I get as I straddle my bike: 

• Will I be able to get over these hills? 
• Will I fall and get hurt? 
• Will I get a mechanical problem with my bike? 

On that fourth outing of the season, as not of these fears materialized, I took it as a strong “green light” for riding again and, from now on, chasing these pesky concerns out of my mind!