Ego Check

A day like today makes you feel alive.

Fresh snow under the feet, the sun high in the bluebird sky.

You take your run down the mountain, feeling the wind, 
feeling invincible

until

you hit that patch of ice

Your board flies out from under you,
leaving you on your back 

looking up at that bluebird sky

wondering

what happened?

That's what is called an "ego check."