Today I saw someone fall in my local grocery store parking lot. When I see someone fall I feel for them and realize I am due for a fall.
Of course we've all done it, we have all fallen down. We did it tons of times as children and picked ourselves right up and carried on like it was nothing.
I remember as a teen it was the MOST humiliating thing EVER to fall. When I was a senior in high school I was a cheerleader and right before a football game we held up a large sign for the football players to bust through and then we would pick up the torn up paper and run across the feild to our spot to cheer. One night, in front of a full crowd, while running across the field I slipped. The grass was wet and I practically did the splits. I jumped up and carried on and imagining all the teasing to come. Turned out nobody saw me. I was so relieved.
Also as a teen I was be horribly embarassed for someone else that fell. If I heard someone fall, and heard the gasps, I would refuse to look and see who it was. I knew if it were me I wouldn't want anyone to see me, so I refused to see them.
Now I am all grown up. I get that it isn't only about the embarassment anymore, it's about the pain. It hurts to fall!
So here I am left thinking....a good fall is looming... I am due for a fall.
Of course we've all done it, we have all fallen down. We did it tons of times as children and picked ourselves right up and carried on like it was nothing.
I remember as a teen it was the MOST humiliating thing EVER to fall. When I was a senior in high school I was a cheerleader and right before a football game we held up a large sign for the football players to bust through and then we would pick up the torn up paper and run across the feild to our spot to cheer. One night, in front of a full crowd, while running across the field I slipped. The grass was wet and I practically did the splits. I jumped up and carried on and imagining all the teasing to come. Turned out nobody saw me. I was so relieved.
Also as a teen I was be horribly embarassed for someone else that fell. If I heard someone fall, and heard the gasps, I would refuse to look and see who it was. I knew if it were me I wouldn't want anyone to see me, so I refused to see them.
Now I am all grown up. I get that it isn't only about the embarassment anymore, it's about the pain. It hurts to fall!
So here I am left thinking....a good fall is looming... I am due for a fall.
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