Leading Through Fear
5 min readOct 21, 2021
Last Saturday, I had a surfing accident on Ocean Beach in San Francisco. I have a bruised face and a black eye, however, I’m grateful that there is no permanent damage to my face or my eye. Right after the accident, I was sobbing and shaking on the beach, gripped by pain and fear. Twenty four hours later, I started experiencing flashes and black spots in my left eye, leading to extreme anxiety and fear of losing my vision. Happily I’m fine, having…