Sunday, February 5, 2012

Up High!

Just like the rest of the world, my life has ups and it has downs. I read recently that it doesn't matter if you fall 7 times as long as you get up 8 times. That has really stuck with me. It helps me to look at the past and see this for real in my life. I have always worked hard to get up, when something comes along to knock me down. I have always managed to rise above and come out a better person because of it.

Right now, I feel like I am on top of the world and looking down at all the opportunities that await me for a great year. I am hoping this feeling will help me in the future. I know that as I go along with the intense training I have set out for myself, I will have days when I feel like I have fallen. I will have days when I feel like I am going backwards. I plan to draw on the memories of today to help pull me through those times and get back on my feet and going ahead once more.

I have started logging all the hours I spend on my training. This includes teaching, practicing, journaling, studying: any time that I am spending on my martial arts training will be logged. This week, I have logged 15 hours. That's a lot. Somehow this helps me to feel like I am going in the right direction. Most important of all, is that for the first time since getting my black belt, I feel like a real martial artist. Change the attitude and perspective, and I change the actions. When I change the actions, I change the person.

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