I heard this on the radio, " You can learn more about yourself by looking into your past, than your present!" I find this ironic, because I continue to change and grow in the present, but at the same time I learn about my present from the past. It is so true and weird at the same time!
It is how we deal with our past that reveals who we are and what we are made of. So, if we never challenge ourselves or go beyond the ordinary or beyond our arbitrary limits....how will we ever be able to figure out who we are... our gifts, talent, strengths or weaknesses? How will we be able to correct ourselves and proceed to "Mastery"?
For many years I can say that I never went much beyond mediocrity. I now often wonder what I could have done with myself, if I would have been more aware of this concept as a child or young teen. I wonder how I would have proceeded through school!?
As a father of two boys, I find myself trying to relive my past through them, in many different ways. I'm continually trying to teach them and guide in ways that I wish I had been. My challenge will be to instill this revelation within them; with hope that they push and challenge to become more aware of themselves, so that they do not think that they have lost opportunity once in their adulthood.
Darcy Regier, Silent River Kung Fu, UBBT, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada.
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