# @lala_the_diver on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZXPA1trQx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72580467-lala-the-diver-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-06-21T20:51:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Laura Wilkinson🥇Athlete Mindset & Performance Coach (@lala_the_diver) — https://gondola.cc/lala_the_diver

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It seems like we’re always chasing this perfect balance in life, and while we may feel like we have it for a moment, balance is fleeting.

Even the most talented acrobats have a time limit to their balance.

And we hit obstacles along the way that throw off even the most steady and stable.

My wrist hasn’t been able to bend since a botched surgery in 2005, so I had to adapt and learn how to balance my handstand on my fingertips.

When I retired, I stop doing handstands all together. So when I decided to return, I had to relearn that already adapted balance.

Then I had my neck surgery, and again, had to adapt and relearn to balance in a new way.

This is life. We achieve balance, then something knocks us off balance.

The point is to never stop trying again. Be willing to change, to try things a different way, adapt.

You may get knocked down, you may fail, you may acquire some scars along the way, but all of those things teach you new skills, new perspectives and new and better ways of doing things.

Following Olympic Trials, I’m trying to find my balance once again.

I don’t fear falling any more. I don’t fear pain. I don’t fear the unknown.

Because I know as long as I keep adapting, changing and moving forward, I will strike that balance again and it will be magnificent.

📷: lynnecalton 
#balance #handstand #keepmovingforward #tryagain #adapt #handstandnation #balancechallenge #nevergiveup #fitoverforty #momlete #acdf #womeninsport #femaleathlete

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balancechallenge, acdf, adapt, nevergiveup, balance, tryagain, handstand, keepmovingforward, momlete, womeninsport, handstandnation, fitoverforty, femaleathlete

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