Nice metaphor. Quite timely, for me; as I have, at long last; managed to keep on chugging myself into a spinal injury. Unfortunately, I was raised with the very toxic attitude of "Never say die (no matter who gets hurt...)!" Baked into my firmware, so to speak. So I'm stuck with a no-brainer... either take a breather now, while I still can; or drive myself into permanent disability.

Fuck that shit.

Cause I realized something... the salt from all those tears, of all those broken-willed souls who never bothered to make it out.... It's rotted a hole in the bottom of the dumpster...

Watch your ankles, honey... ;-)