BREN ORTON – FXR
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Take your play seriously
I go over to my friends to reassure them that I am okay . They are understandably worried – seeing as I just went through a strainer . They look at me concerned – ‘ your face ’. It is only then that I realise I have slashed my eyebrow , and blood is now dripping from my face . I insist I am okay , however , and we continue . I am utterly relieved when we get to the get-out .
I am mortified that I have paddled ‘ so badly ’ and apologise multiple times on the way home . We get back , and I insist that I will cover the petrol costs to make up what a bad day of paddling I must have caused them . Only a couple of years later , when my friend told me how bad he felt for that day , I realised they didn ’ t hate me for being such a beater . I had been so embarrassed at how ‘ terrible ’ I was that I had not considered they would think differently . That they just felt bad I had had a horrible day and had been worried about me . I regretted not telling them I was scared and that the river was too hard for me . That was the lesson I learnt from this day .
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