Because my world has done a 180, doesn't mean that I've planted on my head in the sandy soils of Brooks. I'm still staying active and putting in a lot more kilometers than I have in the past 10 years. My engagement with Silent River has died off majorly and I felt it during my last return, but I must emphasize the last decade of kung fu will never leave my heart and soul. My actions for as long as I am on this earth will have an influence of kung fu embedded.
Challenging myself has become a continual process, without the realization that I'm even doing it. Many of my I Ho Chuan goals/ challenges have slipped, which doesn't lift my spirits any, but at the same time I realize my situation and still aim high and hope for the best, all the way around. My focal point for the last few years has been strongly on my mental being, so as I look over my shoulder I see how I have changed, I see my accomplishments, I see what I stand for and that it has not been jeopardized.
When I look around me, in the field/ career that I have been living, I am an odd ball; its not a secret and from what I see, I say that proudly. It may sound like the oilfield has me wrapped up like a mummy, like the majority of my co-workers...but no, my legs are still free, that's how I'm still able to get the km's in! lol All joking aside, I see it a bit differently... I have set out to be different and extraordinary, and the funny thing is, I hear it on nearly every job that I am one of a kind, but I've never seen it the way I should have, until now. It's who I've set out to be and its happened, people are seeing the difference!
My world will do a 180 again, at some point, and I will be back in the kwoon as I had been a few years ago; I will be attending church and be with my friends and family as I have wished for. I will challenge my current personal challenge with vengeance and do all I can to ensure that my family does not suffer because of it.
p.s. Happy Birthday Sifu Lietz! (Shau)
Darcy Regier
darcyregier.blogspot.ca
Welcome to the elite group of One of a Kinds. We beat our own drums and we march to our own tunes according to the rest of the world, but one thing is for sure: we know who we are.
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