Building back this week also means holding back. Letting the body recover from the Sunday run even as it was a failure. Failure, it appears, is a necessity.
I keep thinking though that is this the prose of those of us who can afford to be philosophical? I have no way of knowing.
I know from my friend Aditi, a professional dancer, that she has fallen on stage, and there is nothing to do but to get up and begin as if nothing happened. You have to move on.
An amateur like me understands this and as the past recedes, I can only look forward to another chance ahead.
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