The Art of Bouncing Back

“Life will not always deliver your desired outcomes. It has to teach you that your spirit will get its muscle back by bouncing back and giving it all you can.” (Dodinsky)

We all remember the joy of bouncing — whether it was on the bed (which was definitely not allowed), the couch (also frowned upon), or the ultimate thrill: a trampoline.

My own trampoline story started off, well, to put it mildly, painfully. On my very first bounce, my left knee bent backward instead of forward. That put a quick and definitive end to my t…