Power

Today is my rest day. Yet still, I feel a want to go play with my weapon, or jump on the bike. I won't. I know that my body needs today to rest, more than most Sundays. My glutes and my quads are really hurting today. I worked out for 4 hours yesterday and have been pushing hard on the bike all week. I love this feeling though. It is like a feeling of accomplishment: a feeling of pushing beyond. There seems to be a sense of power in this feeling somehow. Not in an arrogant way, but in a way that I feel I am in control. I am in full control of where I am going in my life by the choices I make, and making the choice to do the I HO Chuan this year has been the best choice for me of all at this time in my life. Tied directly to that are choices to be healthy, to be physically fit, to try and get close to my personal potential, to be a better martial artist, and to learn to be a better person tomorrow, than I am today. I control that. No one else. Therein lies hope, and faith, and the ability to be positive and move forward with a healthy attitude. Therein for me, lies the power.