Let this sink in. Do not make the body and the mind work all the time. For every big forward effort, you deserve a giant leap back into temporary uselessness. Masterly inactivity and recovery can move you into the future faster. If you force anything, force a smile.
Life is a long road that has many turns.
We know from our lives that Reality entails hard choices and disappointments, and that Success is measured not in victories won and lost, but by difficulties overcome along the way. If you are going to fall, Fall on your face moving forward into the Future Not on your behind into the past. Above all else, be kind to thy beloved self, and Never do anything to hurt yourself. I asked Dan Jansen and Bonnie Blair to write a brief note to him to lift his spirits. When I handed the young skater that white piece of paper, he immediately sat up in bed for the first time in several weeks, and smiled a grin so wide he made all of us in his hospital room catch our breath.