Pure Wisdom

CHAPTER 57

Success

Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were a child? I do. Back then, to me, anything seemed possible. I wanted to be a musician, actor, performer, doctor, but least of all a writer. But age gradually narrowed those options as I realised potential and passion were more important than possibility.

Then, out of the blue, age struck again. Possibility transformed into an ugly beast – impossibility. And this time, as with my age, potential and passion weren’t on my side. I was 30 with a career-limiting injury and never going to be a world karate champion. That was it. Full stop. But how could that be? I had the talent, desire and drive. I had trained with the best, fought the best, but I was never going to be number ...