Keep the Sights On It

Moving forward on an investment of awesomeness is always a good feeling and that should be our go to when we get frustrated or disappointed on our journeys. This would keep us on track and moving ahead in a efficient way. We seem to go the other way most of the time though. I've been there a bit lately as my training has taken a few deviations not really for the better that I must adapt to. But you can't lose sight of what you set out to do and a person needs to remember that it takes time to build a pyramid, one level at a time.

 I've learned over the while to always go back to the point of when the gears of excellence were singing a tune cranked to 11, and build off of what you have. That is a solid base that has been built through trial and error that's always raising. So why smash it all down and try to start again. Just keep building your pyramid. Easy enough to say but not always to do. It takes time and a person needs to remember that and have fun with it, make it solid. I didn't earn my Black Belt in a year, it took a few actually, but I did it and the circumstances were no different then than they are now. Long hours, life, injury, the list could go on if I let it. Excuses and skewed perceptions are very hazardous to reaching goals, and that's because they are the easiest thing to obtain and use. We can justify anything, just ask us.

As far as my planning and training is going, at the moment it needs work. Work takes up a lot of time right now but the more I learn now the more I will know down the road. I'm trying to keep the focus on the target and working towards a better balance. I'm running just on the basics, push ups and sit ups and the Great Mother Form, aka Dah Mu Hsin. This is the hardest form in the school to master because it's all of our main stances and techniques, and everything else starts from here. Aside from always working on the base, it's a short form that can be done in tight quarters when crunched for time and space. So right now this works. 

My fingers healing up well and I have to get that axe swinging again as Canada Day is weeks away. I already booked it off a few weeks ago, so I'll be there. My work is definitely cut out for me over the next while, but I think this is the part of the year where things are going to come together well.  Cool stuff just takes time and once another layer is built the gears will sing!! See you at the Kwoon.