The “Han Solo” Rule
Posted By Russ Emerson on March 18, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I’m making good progress, recovery-wise. I still need crutches to handle a trip down my very steep driveway, but otherwise I’m makiing good use of my cane.
It’s been three weeks since I’ve had a fall. I attribute this to my finally taking the advice offered to Luke by Han: don’t get cocky. Since the surgery, every time I’ve fallen, it’s been because I was trying to do too much, too fast.
Sure, it’s incredibly geeky of me to mention the reference. But whenever I’m afoot and tempted to go faster than usual or to cross an obstacle, I hear that voice in my head: don’t get cocky.
It’s good advice. Falling hurts. More precisely, landing hurts… but the results are much the same.
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