Gymnast’s tweet captured profound truth: ‘I’m more than my accomplishments’

‘Love & support’ gave her freedom to see beyond her difficulties

Simone Biles at the 2016 Olympics. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license via Wikimedia.org.

As amazing as gold-medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles has been this week, I am unable to watch her perform without remembering what she wrote on Twitter in 2021, shortly after she curtailed her competition at the Tokyo Olympics. They are words that have…