Happy Holidays to you!

Another year has nearly come to an end. Like many of you, I can’t help but look back and do a little reflecting. Was it a good year? A bad one? I try not to put things into neat little categories so much anymore.  Nothing is really ever that black and white anyway is it?

I look back at the year gone by and see growth. All sorts of seeds have been sown by all of us. Some of those seeds are going to sprout weeds and some of them beautiful flowers.  It think we probably need some weeds so we can appreciate the flowers.

I also see patterns repeating. Maybe some details have changed but in essence unless we truly have changed something inside of ourselves we seem to have recurring themes in our lives. Have you ever noticed that? My teacher would say we keep having an experience until we no longer need to be having it.

There is little point to reflecting on the year gone by unless it is to take stock to help give us direction going forward. Goal setting is good. But only if we stay true to the course.  We won’t necessarily achieve every one of our goals because life inevitably will throw us a few curve balls along the way but developing the self discipline to try to follow through as best we are able is part of what our martial arts training is all about - as is being able to “be like water” and adapt to change as needed.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday and a quick shout out to Lucy Wiggins. I hope all goes well in your new endeavor into kung fu.