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From day one a mantra popped into my head, the voice of a wise inner gremlin. “I can do this,” the voice said. And soon I was saying it. Sometimes saying or doing leads to believing.

Over the weeks and months, I learned how to not move, to stare at the leaves falling off trees, to say I was tired when friends asked too many questions, to turn inward and get comfortable with all that I’d been racing to obscure–-loneliness, a need to accomplish, a desire to fit in.

Now, more than a decade later and fully healed, I can hardly remember the motor than ran my life before the accident. My pace has slowed somewhat, allowing me to hear beautiful sounds and see tiny miracles I might have missed.

Thanks to having been hit by a car as a pedestrian, I’ve learned to let go of the illusion of control. In accepting my fragility, I discovered stillness, and found greater power, peace, and firmer ground.

With a Perspective, I’m Joanne Greene.

Joanne Greene is a news anchor, host of the podcast “In This Story…with Joanne Greene,” and the author of a new memoir, By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go. She lives in Marin County with her husband.