Live an interesting life and you have interesting stories. I spent a while kickboxing. It’s a lot of fun if you like collecting bruises and broken bones. Ask any fighter and they probably can’t tell you how many times they have broken bones in hands, arms, ribs, the occasional jaw. Kickboxers can add toes and shins. My right hand has fingers that are different sizes and shapes. After a while, I stopped going to the emergency room unless I needed the bones reset. The worst bone I broke was a vertebra in my lower back and didn’t get it checked. A couple years later, I realized that was a mistake. A training accident in the Army and I was lucky it was that lite.

One thing I learned was that there is a difference between hurt and injured. If you’re hurt you can keep going, accomplish the mission, keep fighting. Injured means you need to stop. I never quite knew when to stop. Pain means you are still alive. Stay in the fight. Do something.

In hindsight, it may not have been the best mantra to live by.

Daily writing prompt

Have you ever broken a bone?

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