I got really lucky

well I was downhill mtb on this really nice flowing trail. nice berms and just solid perfection. This summer I got comfortable enough to not use brakes at all on that trail. I basically just hammered out turns and scrubbed speed when necessary. A couple days ago I was riding with a few friends warming up for a day of filming and I tried to take a more risky inside line out of this turn. I guess I forgot that their was a tree there. I come up blasting full speed directly into this tree. My neck and face was going to nail this tree. At the last second I picked my head up causing my shoulder literally a inch away from my neck to hit this tree. My shoulder is now pretty fucked up but my friends that were following me all said that if my head hit that I would be done. My neck would of whipped back and that would be the end of that. Moral of the story here is take what you got and be thankful that every injury you get could be way worse. Also to all downhillers Im investing in a neck brace for when I next hop on a bike. I actually didn't break anything I just tore a ton of ligaments in shoulder from it stretching out so much. Im out for a month or so but if my neck hit that it would of been at least 5 to 6 months. I got really fucking lucky. So ns entertain me As I sit here in boredom.