My friend, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ride to Cure Coach, and Injury Jedi, John Dallman (notorious for his off-key renditions of 99 Bottles of Beer On the Wall during long climbs), hit the nail on the head when I asked him if he had any thoughts on the topic of comparison (post-injury self to pre-injury self). “Maybe the trick that I’ve yet to learn or master is to not think in terms of duality--my old self vs. my new self--but to think of ourselves in terms of a continually evolving work of art. I’ve often wondered what it might be like to be 3 years into the carving a sculpture such as ‘David’ only to experience a mistake that is irreversible. Do you finish the piece knowing that it is not ‘perfect’ as you intended it to be or do you rededicate yourself to presenting the best piece that you were able to produce at that time, flaws and all?”
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 18:33:33 +0000
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