Oh Guilt Where Art Thou Gone.

Guilt has been a friend of mine, and quite often my worst enemy.  It has been closer to the forefront of my previous engagements in the I Ho Chuan than I like to admit.  There is one domain however, that guilt feared to tread, and that was with my work schedule.  Because of this fact, the question has come up whether I rate work higher in importance than Kung Fu.  That is a question with no answer.

If Kung Fu is a Swiss watch, than work would be the gears.  Can’t have a clock without gears, so the priority is my work.

Kung Fu, however I absolutely hold as higher value to my life.  I have mentioned my main priorities are Faith, Family, and Kung Fu, in that order.  Oddly work did not even make that list.

I guess my answer is that importance does not always equal priority which does not always equate to value.  I think this is important when we travel down the dangerous road of evaluating a person’s engagement without fully understanding the reason for the absence.  If I miss a demo or meeting for work schedule, I may be assigning a higher Priority to my work engagement which does not mean I value it less than the event.

Knowing that work priority = Kung Fu value is what allows me to deal with the guilt of being away. If I did not think this way, I would have been consumed by my career seven years ago and likely quit Kung Fu near the outset.

Therefore, if I am doing everything in my power to maximize my Kung Fu value, without upsetting the work apple cart, (rescheduling, turning the odd job down, etc.) then I feel I am on the right track.

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