Bouncing back

Bounce back, X tells me, that’s what he should learn to do. When life hits you you should just bounce back, or let it bounce back off you, he’s not sure which. Either way it’s about bouncing back, he says. Life’s blows can be good for you, he says, isn’t that what they say? Open you up to fresh points of view and all that, if you learn how to bounce back. Or hit back, he’s not sure. And if life hits you without hitting you, hits you and draws back at the same time? he says. What’s there to bounce back from then, what’s there to hit? But you won’t answer, he says, and you wouldn’t know.