One of my goto phrases when people ask me about learning to ride a bike or ski/snowboard is: Just don’t fall.
It’s a simple idea but infinitely complicated and that’s my point. This post about Skiing as falling from Dave Weiner crystallizes my point: it’s a balancing dance. Just like life.
One moment you’re flying high. The next you’re out of control and ready to crash. The balance comes in either anticipating the out of control moments, adapting to them, and moving back to a point of control; or seeing the out of control moment as temporary while you adjust and regain control. It’s takes work, practice, reflection, patience, and pausing to enjoy it all.
Life is a dance between control and chaos. Embrace that and encourage others to as well.
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