Life lessons How using crutches had unintended but beneficial consequences Photo by Sergio Rodriguez – Portugues del Olmo on Unsplash The impact threw me from the motorcycle into the air in the opposite direction of the way we had been traveling. Physics is funny like that! I landed on my right leg, which snapped like an unlucky baseball bat in the hands of an angry Bo Jackson who just struck out. Things were worse for my friend Tim, who lay screaming on the ground because the car’s chrome trim had peeled off and sliced into his right leg making just a big mess. Let me back up a bit: We’re in…