Philip+Simmons-+Learning+to+Fall

When Simmons says "When we learn to fall, we learn to accept the vulnerability that is our human endowment, the cost of walking upright on the earth." he means that we are born on this earth to make mistake and we are not perfect in anyway and when we do we have to accept it and move on. We need to look at the positive in situations rather than the negatives. "Learning to Fall" is a true story about the author Philip Simmons, who was diagnose with Lou Gebrig's disease. His hobby was hiking mountain peeks, but when he got sick he had to stop doing what he loves and thats why I feel he wrote that specific quote. Even though he got sick, he still looked at the positive side of things because he wasn't going to let his sickness get in the way. He had made many accomplishments before he got sick, and thats all that matters. He lost his battle with this disease in 2002, but he lived his life to the fullest, and didn't let anything get in the way. I strongly believe in this quote. I feel like God put you here on earth for a reason, and to make something of yourself and when you fail you need to get back up and try again. You need to walk upright with a positive attitude and be happy, because life is too short to be miserable.

Work Cited

Simmons, Philip. "Learning to Fall." //Exploring Literature.// Ed. Frank Madden. Pearson 2012. 1241-1246. Print.