First Day of the Season!
Well, life is starting over. After not skiing since April 2010...After 3 major surgeries (back, and two hips) in a seven month period....After endless rehab (with plenty more to go)...After all the incredible doubts about whether I'll ever ski again while lying there healing... TODAY I SKIED. No it was not a pretty sight. I've got a ways to go before I'll be able to get where I was. But now I KNOW I will. All the new parts work!
I was worried that he put a left hip in my right socket and that I would ski around in circles!
We had a ton of snow so it quickly turned to that bumpy, powdery, icy condition that is so tricky when lots of people are skiing on new snow on a small space. And it worked. I can still do that. Yeehaw!
It's been an interesting road, and a real test of the diamond model. So here's the ski lesson, sport lesson, life lesson involved. Summon the WILL. The will to believe that this would project would work. The will to believe that I could restart my skiing. The Will to rehab one operation only to get sliced open again. There were some really hard moments. BUT I LOVE THIS PROCESS AND OUTCOME. I really believe that you get better by finding the Will to test yourself, push yourself, face and recognize the anxiety, and take your life into your own hands. Even for just a little while. Make that choice and do the thing.
And of course I'm now addicted to invasive surgery along with the accompanying anesthesia! I think I need a new transmission now. 
And I guess the message is that you can really step up and do what you need to do. But you don't really know it until you do it. This is why Will is such a critical part of sports and living. This is why Will is the corner stone of the Sports Diamond!
Posted On: October 29th, 2011 By: Weems
