Horse of a Different Color

For every situation there is choice as to how one responds. This is a blog of a different color so fasten your seatbelts.

Sifu Rybak: I am proud of you for taking an action that you are scared to take: leaping out of an airplane.
Sifu Stoddart: I am proud of you for initiating the "hey let's do 100 tricep dips" team exercise and other team events after dragon dance practice.
Sifu Masterson: I am proud of you for the analysis that you do with your training and how to improve
Sifu Smith: I don't know you, but as a fellow artisan, I would like to. I see the challenges that you have and I am proud of you for the effort that you put towards your challenges and yourself.
Sifu Shipalesky: You moved so far away and it would be easy to vanish, but you aren't. I am proud of you for the persistence you are showing to be in contact with us.
Sifu Harrigan: I am proud of you for taking the initiative and starting the training threads on Kwoon Talk.
Sifu Wetter: I am proud of you for coming back and being an active part on the dragon dance team.
Sifu Beckett: I am proud of you for your willingness to help as well as your honesty.
Sifu Bryant: I am proud of you for discovering your journey and having the courage to embark.
Sifu Regier: I am proud of you for the dedication, passion, and Spirit that you show as well as being as connected as you are with the workload and challenges that you have.
Sifu Wonsiak: I am proud of you that despite the injury challenges that you have, you find a way to continue to train and train in a way that helps and heals.
Sifu Kichko: I am proud of you for the commitment, passion, dedication, and enthusiasm that you show.
Sihing Jerke: I am proud of you for coming back.
Sihing Langner: When you started on the team, you were shy to speak, but now you speak with pride and confidence. I am proud of you for the progress you have made.
Sihing Robinson: I am proud of you for giving your head a rattle, and this time, sticking with the team and not vanishing. You didn't follow your traditional pattern: yay!!
Sihing Janzen: You also moved away, however you contacted back. I am proud of you for that.
Sihing Chessal: I am proud of you for being in the lion as you are doing great. I'd like to see a stack of you on Mr. Tymchuk. Do we have a lion that long?
Sihing Lowery: I am proud of you for how far you have come. I reflect back to when you started this journey and you've come a long way.
Sihing Choy: I am proud of you for being not only the "energizer bunny" that you are but your Spirit and wisdom you add.
Sihing Regier: I am proud of you for the intense compassion that you have whether it's a fellow human, a team mate or a cat.
Sihing Krebs: You are training from a distance but when you walk into the Kwoon it's like you never left. I am proud of you for keeping  up that level of commitment and for keeping in contact as well.
Mr. Chervenka: I am proud of you for the immense amount of heart that you show in all that you do and say. You're one rock solid dude.
Mr. Hamilton: You as well have traveled far along your journey from whence you started and have gained an immense amount of wisdom. For that I am proud.

Sifu Michael Playter: I am grateful that we have you as a resource and mentor. I am learning a lot from watching you, asking your guidance and input, and reading your blog.

Master Brinker: In a world where the majority of the focus is solely on fighting skills you walk the traditional path that encompasses the whole being and strive to teach us to do the same. For that I am grateful.

Pass the kleenex, thanks.
Sherri Donohue
Hot Torch, Room Full of Glass, and a Kung Fu Kwoon