grief type4

Acceptance
Those who work through the process and keep flying are not the same pilots they were before. Most of us accept that reining in our ambitions is the only way to maintain a reasonable safety margin. The few who still aim for the clouds realize that high achievement demands a high price. It takes a big commitment to gain the skills and knowledge needed for safe cross country flying. You can't be an off-the-couch flyer and push the envelope for very long. It also takes humility, as even the top pilots have a clear sense of their limitations.
Most of us come to realize that the reason paragliding captivated us in the first place was not big air or big thrills, but simple pleasures--a sunny day, a green hillside, the breeze in your face, the laughter of friends. We still experience these things even when we decide not to launch. And when we do fly, we do so with the knowledge that, like life itself, flying is a rare gift that should never be taken for granted.