For four years my strategy had been deflecting and defending from my past—running away from my hometown just as I ran around a forehand. But I realized there are no rules that must be kept; you can stay the same or you can change. You’ll never be lovelier than you are now. Strategies need only be temporary. - https://catapult.co/stories/youll-never-be-lovelier-than-you-are-right-now-tennis-grief-social-striving#