I fell of a ladder doing this about eight months ago and I am still getting over the problem it created. The tear in my leg has repaired - and that is the main thing, and though it took six months it is remarkable to see the body taking care of itself (with a little help from Manuka Honey (honestly - medically administered) and compression bandaging, no drugs just natural healing in time. Now I have the equivalent of a shark bite scar. Of course, getting the damaged muscle tissue and the elasticity in the new skin back will take more time but it is a minor problem. Which brings me to the first of my simple life lessons from bamboo: You do not have to be big and imposing to be strong. There is strength in the light, in openness and transparency. There is strength in kindness, compassion and cooperation. There is strength in the bearable light of being (apologies to Kundera). You may bend in the storm, you may bend in the forces pressing you down, but you won't break and soon you will be reaching out for the light in openness and transparency (nice symmetry and that is my thought for today) - its a long time from May to September:
