Steps To Picking Yourself Up

First, observe the ground. Be curious as to how you fell. See the specks of dirt. Feel the twigs digging into your chest. Don't be afraid, don't shut down or try to swim away. Take a look around, and inside, and see how the fall reverberated through your bones. Count your teeth and tally your losses.

Now, it's to get back up again. A deep breath. A tornado to fill your lungs. A storm to wash away whatever's left. You've fell, your ground has shaken, and now you start building again. When you clear all the rubble, start with the crevices of your brain. Don't let any thought left hanging. Don't let any parasite eating away at your power.

Now you look around, standing. You now have two world views colliding. You try to put the two together. You see things differently. You never think that falling means you can't start building. You never see yourself as doomed. You just take another breath. Take out a pen, and start planning. Maybe keep in mind that the likelihood of falling again, of failing again is always there, don't forget that.

And now, a new blueprint in hand, you start back up again.