This past Father’s Day I took some time to reflect upon my own father and what he has given me over my 35 years of life. What my father taught me over all of these years are things I have used and will continue to use for the rest of my life.
My father is a great man that taught me the value of hard work. He taught me to work hard for the things I wanted most in life. My father was a man that worked hard his entire life to provide for his family. Growing up I was never without anything that I needed. There were things that I wanted but those things were items that really didn't matter all that much.
I learned from him the values of dedication and an eye for detail. You have to understand that my father loves collecting all sorts of things like coins, hockey cards, baseball cards and various sports memorabilia. Now back to this eye for detail, my father will spend hours looking through his coins, looking for imperfections that most people wouldn't even see. You see my father has an incredible eye for detail and I can relate his expertise in his field to Sifu Brinker in his. They both have spent many years developing an eye for detail that is so far ahead of their peers.
This eye for detail is something that is not inherently in my character. It’s something that I have to continue to work toward developing in my kung fu. Everyday when I am training, I am starting to look for things that I never looked for before. I am starting to develop an eye for detail that my father has had for so many years.
To Father, thank you for all that you have done for me. I know I wasn't the easiest on you over some of those years. However, I love you very much and I so appreciate all that you have done for me. My only wish is that I can be as great a father to my children as you have been to my sister and I.
Mr. Ian Repay
Student of Silent River
Stony Plain, Alberta .
ianrepay@blogspot.com
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