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What does Philip Simmons means by "When we learn to fall we learn to accept the vulnerability that is our human endowment, the cost of walking upright on the earth?" Do you agree? Explain

Elizabeth Alexander ENC 1102 We all fall down “When we learn to fall we learn to accept the vulnerability that is our human endowment, the cost of walking upright on the earth.” (Simmons 1246). We all fall down sometime or another in life. Philip Simmons shows us we are all going to fall it is how we fall that matters. There are risks in life and we have to accept that. We have to be grateful for what we have. He is so grateful that he is alive. This is so inspiring because he has a life threatening disease and he can have so much strength. Simmons states “ We do have some say in the manner of our falling. That is perhaps we have a say in matters of styles” (Simmons 1242). He accepts he has fallen but is falling with style. He is thankful for the moment and the past. He says “ Count your blessings. Appreciate what you have instead complaining about what you don't” (Simmons 1243). I think we all as humans are mad when things don't go our way. Life could be worse and there are people in worse position then you so live life to the fulliest. He talks about how we often do not know how to fall but it is something we all learn when we are young. I feel we forget the simply thing like how to fall and still be ok in the end. We all do fall in different ways and he shows how we are all the same. I agree with this quote.

Work Citied Simmons, Philip. "Learning to fall" //Exploring Literature.// Ed. Frank Madden. Person, 2012.1241-1246. Print.