A young man sits, bound to the ground by chains, one day after many years the man realizes that the chains have rusted and corroded. They are broken in many spots but due to his length of being bound he never once realized his freedom. He tries a few times before he is finally able to stand and eventually gets his legs undernieth himself. He goes to take a step forward and a toxic vien from behind grabs at his ankle.
The man pulls at his leg, he can see for what he longs in the distance in front of him, but the vine does everything in its power to continue to trip him. Finally the man decides that in order to escape the vine he can not just pull away, he must cut himself from it.
He digs at the vine with his teeth and nails, not realizing he is only letting the poison spread to him. He breaks the vines grip and turns to walk forward once more. Within a few steps he falls as the venom corrods him. He reaches out, not wanting it to end, not wanting the vine, the toxin, to have its way.
Everything around him starts to fade, that happiness turning dark. At the last second a warm hand careses his own and others soon join it. The poison starts to receed and he can see once more.
He looks to see what could have saved him and sees all those that share a bond with his heart, those that even though weren't always at his side physically, always resided with him spiritually. A smile comes to the mans face as he realizes that it was not the chains that had bound him for so long it was himself, and it was his own self doubt that let the poison harm him.
Once again the man stands and faces forward, never looking back, but kep his past close in mind, for what has happened has happened, but to forget it is to relive it. Now no longer is he ever by himself, rotting in chains, but instead a man who faces anything that comes at him, standing tall, knowing as long as those bonds exists, even should he trip and fall, his friends, his family, his loves, would be there to help him back up.
Why is it that we fall? Simple. So we can learn to pick ourselves up.