足元を見て歩け (Ashimoto wo mite aruke)

Last weekend was painfully reminded of this Japanese proverb which means "Watch your step as you walk."

I was happily walking along on a local trail at 7:30am on Saturday morning, enjoying the sunrise and looking forward to a fun day, when I was distracted by squirrels loudly fighting in a tree. I looked up, stumbled off the path, and my foreseeable future had just drastically changed.