I still carry a handout from an REI class I took a couple of years ago on bike maintenance that includes a "how to fix a flat" step by step section. Just in case I forget a step...It lives in my waterproof trunk bag.
That's a great story.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks