What to do when you're falling

We all fall

I love walking my dogs late at night.

We regularly go to the school yard.

Recently I was more focused on catching up to the dogs than paying attention to my footing.

The dog was the goal.

The footing was how I would reach the dog.

En route, I encountered an ice patch.

In shock, I found myself on my ass and winded.

Here is a speculative phenomenology of what happened between standing and falling:

Oh shit. This isn’t good. Was that ice? I’m up. Suspended. At the peak. I feel weightless.

Now I feel heavy.

Now I feel pain.

Falling can be confusing and disorienting experience. The moment of suspension when falling is a lot like the feeling you have just as you’re about to take flight.

As any of us attempt to launch into a new endeavour, we risk falling. We risk failure. We risk pain.

And?

It’s like the old saying goes

You’re just as likely to break your neck walking dogs in a school yard at night. You might as well fall doing something interesting.