“Lose hope and you lose everything” … isn’t that what they say?
In real life, falling without a safety net to break your fall could be just as lethal as it is in circus. The social safety net could be anything from money to a small place in the middle of nowhere that you run to; to be alone with your thoughts, but mostly it is family and friends that form that refuge for us.
It's only that some events in life may be big enough to shake your whole belief system or to leave a scar in memory or a small fracture in the heart. That’s when time stops, and minutes turn into hours and hours into days, until that clock on the wall seems dead … an infinite loop that could drain every bit of remaining hope in you, and leave you lost in time indefinitely, unless you get yourself back together and take the lead once again.
Personally, I’ve been running risks ever since I was a little boy, shaping perspective with every situation, always learning my lessons because “Qui ne risque rien n’a rien ” or in plain English “No risk, no gain”. I just never thought my luck could fail me in such a critical time of my life. I know it was bound to happen, it’s just that the strike came when it was least expected…Though this lesson was a very late one, it is definitely a lesson learned: Not every tale is a fairy tale.
But time heals, or so I hope... and after all, what is life without challenges :)
